A legal representative of Prince has denied the NPG Music Club is on hold because of a trademark legal dispute. As previously reported, Prince's award winning online fan community went on hiatus earlier this month. This followed a legal claim by British based HM Publishing Holdings that they owned the NPG trademark for its science-book subsidiary the Nature Publishing Group. But Princes' lawyer, David Schelzel, has told reporters that those two events are not connected and that the singer already has approval to use the NPG name from the US Patent and Trademark Office and that therefore the trademark legal action against him is "minor". He told the Star Tribune newspaper: "Prince's use of the NPG trademarks is no way in jeopardy". Asked why the site had gone down, Schelzel said: "Wait and see".
Jul 13, 2006
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NPG shutdown not due to trademark
Prince's lawyer David Schelzel denies the NPG Music Club hiatus is linked to a trademark claim from HM Publishing Holdings, calling the action minor.