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Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon could also be dealing with an uphill battle in the case of their efforts to trademark their Moderately Shady podcast — if it’s doable in any respect.
After the Actual Housewives of Potomac forged members tried to trademark their shared sequence, rapper Eminem got here ahead, submitting an opposition towards them and suggesting that the title was too much like his personal moniker, Slim Shady, and 1999 album The Slim Shady LP.
In keeping with a February 20 report from The Jasmine Model, Eminem seems to really feel that Gizelle and Robyn’s use of the phrase “shady” would confuse customers, who’ve lengthy been conversant in his personal manufacturers.
On Twitter, copyright lawyer Clarissa Harvey shared a sequence of courtroom paperwork filed by the rapper, noting that he was opposing the RHOP forged member’s trademark software, which the women filed on February 1, 2022.
“Will the true ‘SLIM SHADY’ please rise up? Rapper Eminem is opposing Robyn Dixon [and] Gizelle Bryant from Bravo’s Actual Housewives of Potomac‘s, trademark software for ‘REASONABLY SHADY,’ the title of their new podcast,” she tweeted on February 19.
In his opposing paperwork, which had been filed on December 20, 2022, Eminem famous that he’s had unique rights to the phrase “Slim Shady” since 1998 and in addition owns a authorized registration for “Shady.” And because the lawyer defined in an extra tweet, he was additionally granted official utilization of the phrase “Shady” for T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats.
Gizelle and Robyn first launched their Moderately Shady model in 2021 and are hoping to supply merchandise to go together with it. However as a result of rapper’s opposition, it’s arduous to say whether or not they’ll have the ability to take action.
“Eminem says ‘confusion is unavoidable,’” Clarissa continued. “‘REASONABLY SHADY’ merely seems [and] feels like ‘SHADY’ and it’s seemingly that customers will consider the podcast and merch are sponsored, licensed and/or in any other case permitted by, or are ultimately related with him.”
It was additionally famous that Eminem “instantly acknowledged” that the similarities in Gizelle and Robyn’s names may blatantly have an effect on “the distinctive high quality” of his long-standing “Slim Shady” label.
Half two of the Actual Housewives of Potomac season seven reunion airs this Sunday, February 26, at 8/7c on Bravo.