Drake is facing a new lawsuit that claims some of the rapper’s recent tour merch infringed on the trademark of the Eighties-popular apparel brand Members Only. Billboard reports that JR Apparel World LLC, the current owner of Members Only who revived the brand over the last decade, sued Drake and his company Away From Home Touring Inc. over tour t-shirts that featured the words “Members Only” written on them; “Members Only” is also the title of a song on the rapper’s 2023 LP For All the Dogs .
“The fact that ‘Members Only’ is a song on Drake’s album ‘For All the Dogs’ does not obviate the likelihood of confusion or give [him] a license to use our client’s ‘Members Only’ marks in such a confusing manner, particularly on or in connection with apparel items,” the lawsuit states (via Billboard). Trending Enchanting, Texas Star and Former 1017 Rapper, Dead at 26 New Audio: Alito Bashes ProPublica for Reporting on Supreme Court Ethics Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’ Trump’s Victim Complex Gets Morbid in Fundraising Pitch: ‘Haul Out the Guillotine!’ While Members Only was best known for their racer jackets in the Eighties and Drake’s use of “Members Only” featured only on t-shirts with an entirely different font , “Away From Home’s use of ‘Members Only’ ..
. is likely to cause confusion, mistake, and deception among consumers as to the origin of Away From Home’s infringin.
