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David Ortiz in Legal Tangle Over Club Name



17 April, 2010
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 David Ortiz has been sued by Rapper Jay-Z and his business partner for the name that he has given to his new club in Dominican Republic. Jay-z has  sports bars in New York, Las Vegas and Atlanta city by the name of forty/forty which is incidentally the name that has been given by the Boston Red Sox Slugger.

Jay-z and his business partner Juan Perez have filed a lawsuit in Manhatten’s federal court on Thursday where they have accused the baseball player of infringing upon the name of their club.

"David Ortiz is fully aware of plaintiff's Manhattan 40/40 Club, since he had been a patron there on several occasions, long before he opened his infringing Forty/Forty Club," states the lawsuit.


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NikkaF
2010-04-20 02:11:12
If I were David Ortiz, I would change the name of his 40 40 Club because it seems like Jay Z beat him to the punch on the name. I don't know which one is richer and thus can get the better lawyers, but when it comes to copyright infringement…this one looks pretty open and shut. I would put a payday loans worth down on Jay Z winning this lawsuit, if I were a betting person. It's almost like the MacDonald's/McDonald's thing from Coming To America. One obviously preceded the other.
 

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