A US District Court judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida has
tossed a lawsuit which alleged Clear Channel and Premiere Networks with
trademark infrginement.
The production company Radio Dogs claimed the iHeartRadio
Awards was “substantially and confusingly similar’ to its Radio Music
Awards. Radio Dog says their awards were
on hiatus
Clear Channel had maintained Radio Dog had allowed its Radio
Music Awards trademark to lapse in 2005 and therefore couldn’t support the
allegation of trademark infringement.
Judge Darrin Gayles dismissed the lawsuit after Radio Dogs
failed to respond.
Radio Dogs, the
partnership of Lincoln Financial Media’s Miami marketing director Von Freeman,
NTR consultant Paul Joseph and TV producer Tony Eaton, first created The Radio
Megablast in 1999, which eventually became the Radio Music Awards.
Radio Dogs has been trying to revive the show since 2010,
but court documents suggest the company has had a difficult time convincing a TV
network to pay a licensing fee.
The iHeartMusic Awards are televised on NBC-TV and hosted by
Ryan Seacrest.
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