A judge has dismissed part of a $2 million lawsuit being pursued by Beach Boy Mike Love against ex-bandmate Al Jardine over the use of the Beach Boys name.
This lawsuit, which began in 2003, follows on from that much previously reported (and ultimately unsuccessful) 2001 litigation Jardine pursued against Love in which the plaintiff claimed the defendant was deliberately stopping him from performing with the latest Beach Boys incarnation.
In his lawsuit, Love claims Jardine has been illegally using the Beach Boys brand (normally in shows called things like 'Beach Boys Family & Friends'), but Superior Court Judge James R Dunn this week said aspects of that litigation, including claims of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty, were not substantiated enough to be heard by the court. That said, Love's lawyers have until the case goes to court on 6 Nov to amend those claims.
With Love also suing ex-bandmate Brian Wilson in an unrelated case, you do have to wonder what the former bandmates talked about when they posed for that photo shoot on top of the Capitol building in Hollywood back in June.