Bow Wow is discovering himself in some authorized drama with Jermaine Dupri‘s dad. The daddy is accusing the rapper of unlawfully utilizing his trademark identify.
Based on new courtroom paperwork obtained by AllHipHop, Michael Mauldin has been going after Bow Wow since September. That’s when he first filed the lawsuit in opposition to the 36-year-old and Black Promoters Collective.
Mauldin accused each events of utilizing the trademark “Scream Tour” and subsequently launching a brand new tour over the summer time of 2023 with the identical identify with out his permission.
Reportedly, Mauldin has owned the trademark since 2001, and contemplating Bow Wow’s shut ties with him and Dupri through the years, he asserts that the rapper would have been “unquestionably acquainted” with the identify and its possession.
Bow Wow Acquired An Possession Stake In The Scream Tour
Along with that, Mauldin mentions that Bow Wow was a part of the unique Scream Tour line-up. This additional signifies, per Mauldin, that the Ohio native ought to have identified the identify was already in use. Nonetheless, it’s unclear if Bow Wow knew about its trademark standing.
To make issues worse, in July, The Black Promoters Collective introduced that Bow Wow had acquired an possession stake within the tour, which they stated “he helped to create.”
The courtroom instructed Mauldin that he had 90 days to serve Bow Wow with the authorized papers after submitting the authorized docs. However in his movement, filed on Tuesday (December 19), he claims it’s been tough to come up with the ‘Let Me Maintain You’ artist.
JD’s dad believes Bow Wow is deliberately avoiding service of the grievance. Due to this fact, he has requested an extension to serve the swimsuit to the daddy of 1.
Mauldin’s lawyer, Christopher Chan, who filed the movement on his consumer’s behalf, wrote, “The extension of time would support in well timed finding and serving defendant, who has been so far unattainable for the reason that preliminary submitting of the grievance on September 21, 2023, as a result of refusal of service by defendant’s counsel and the refusal of service at defendant’s deal with in Atlanta, Georgia… The extension of time would additionally stop additional delay within the case by avoiding a dismissal with out prejudice and subsequent refiling of the Grievance. The proposed extension of time to serve the Defendant would lengthen the present deadline from December 20, 2023, to March 19, 2024.”
Bow Wow hasn’t responded to the accusations publicly but.
Scream Tour Will get Postponed
In July, Black Promoters Collective introduced that the anticipated return of the Scream Tour 2023 wouldn’t happen in September as anticipated initially. The occasion’s organizers acknowledged that that they had postponed the Scream Tour 2023: Subsequent Up! and would announce a brand new date for the rescheduled present in 2024.
Bow Wow and Kayla Nicole have been set to host the live performance. That Woman Lay Lay, Younger Dylan, Rocco Lupo, and Lay Bankz have been among the artists anticipated to carry out on the stage.
It’s additionally unclear whether or not Mauldin’s lawsuit might have influenced the present’s incapability to return to fruition. Nonetheless, Mauldin will reportedly proceed to pursue serving Bow Wow with the grievance.
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