Ozzy’s Lawsuit Against Tony Iommi Goes Forward
FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
Ozzy Osbourne’s lawsuit against Tony Iommi over the use of the Black Sabbath name is to carry on.
Ozzy is suing Iommi for a 50 percent share in the name, after the guitarist is alleged to have tried to take sole ownership by filing it with the US Patent And Trademark Office last year.
The New York Post reports that Iommi’s lawyer, Andrew DeVore, argued that Osbourne signed away all his rights to the Black Sabbath trademark after he quit the band in 1979.
However, Osbourne’s lawyer, Howard Shire, called that agreement a “red herring” that was “repudiated” when the singer rejoined in 1997 and took over “quality control” of the band’s merchandise, tours and recordings.
Now a federal judge in New York has ruled that the lawsuit is indeed valid and can proceed.
Watch this space, as they say…
