More legal shenanigans, this time involving that lovely Mr Eavis at the Glastonbury Festival. He is trying to trademark three names associated with his annual music fest, but has sparked a row with some of his neighbours, because one of the words he is trying to secure is the name of the town itself.
Festival organisers are applying to the EU Office Of Harmonisation to licence the terms 'Glastonbury Festival', 'Glastonbury & Avalon' and 'Glastonbury' in a bid to stop shady types from producing unofficial Glasto CDs, merchandise or websites using one of those names. But some other local businesses are objecting to the latter of those applications, because they fear it would stop them from using the word Glastonbury in their own names or products.
Eavis was due to meet with local councillors and business men last night to discuss the application. Local mayor John Coles told reporters that he was pretty sure that an agreement could be reached because Eavis' motives weren't to block local businesses from using their town's name. Explaining the concerns of some of the locals, Cole said: "There are people objecting to Michael using the name Glastonbury because if he does get the monopoly - which I don't believe he is trying to do - then no-one will be able to trade under the name of Glastonbury".
Both the Glastonbury Festival people and the local Chamber Of Commerce said they wouldn't comment ahead of last night's meeting. So I guess we can expect some kind of statement from one or the other today.