Sounds stupid but they have to defend their trademarks or else they will lose them. If you don’t actively do so then they’ll be unrecognized in future.
techbear72 on
Sillyness. Pun names can’t possibly be mistaken for authorised by anyone with any sense.
gold_rig on
Why should we let some random festival in another country tell us what we can and can’t do? Coachella is nothing to do with the UK
lastaccountgotlocked on
Nothing says rock and roll like a large corporation hounding a small music festival.
xPositor on
Interesting that half of their acts appear to be one group, putting on different “cover bands”. I mean, good luck to local events like this, but I think people might start getting tired of the same five people after four hours…
caocao16 on
‘Steps band member Ian H Watkins expressed astonishment’
After 20 plus years in the music industry, he’s shocked by a brand protecting its brand? He’s either, A an idiot…or B a marketing genius, as I have now heard of the Cowbridge music festival formerly known as Cowchella….also the new name is shit compared to Cowchella.
cowboy_mouth on
You’d think that of all people who would understand not wanting an unassociated similar name to be mistaken for their own it’d be Ian ‘H’ Watkins.
pikantnasuka on
Yeah yeah trademarks and law and all that jazz but come one, no one is getting the USian thing mixed up with this one
Miasmata on
You’ve got the wrong Ian Watkins, mate, it’s that what’s made me smile 🎵
WesLoomis on
Tell them to stop wasting their money trying to defend it and just change their name.
Source: I was part of a team that spent a fortune trying to bat them away for the exact same thing, only to have to back down any.
dallasp2468 on
what did he expect, he was profiting off the name of the American festival.
UpstairsMaybe3396 on
This also happened with a tiny festival in North Shields, which had to change its name
Krillzilla on
Can it not be a tribute festival, similar to tribute acts?
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Sounds stupid but they have to defend their trademarks or else they will lose them. If you don’t actively do so then they’ll be unrecognized in future.
Sillyness. Pun names can’t possibly be mistaken for authorised by anyone with any sense.
Why should we let some random festival in another country tell us what we can and can’t do? Coachella is nothing to do with the UK
Nothing says rock and roll like a large corporation hounding a small music festival.
Interesting that half of their acts appear to be one group, putting on different “cover bands”. I mean, good luck to local events like this, but I think people might start getting tired of the same five people after four hours…
‘Steps band member Ian H Watkins expressed astonishment’
After 20 plus years in the music industry, he’s shocked by a brand protecting its brand? He’s either, A an idiot…or B a marketing genius, as I have now heard of the Cowbridge music festival formerly known as Cowchella….also the new name is shit compared to Cowchella.
You’d think that of all people who would understand not wanting an unassociated similar name to be mistaken for their own it’d be Ian ‘H’ Watkins.
Yeah yeah trademarks and law and all that jazz but come one, no one is getting the USian thing mixed up with this one
You’ve got the wrong Ian Watkins, mate, it’s that what’s made me smile 🎵
Tell them to stop wasting their money trying to defend it and just change their name.
Source: I was part of a team that spent a fortune trying to bat them away for the exact same thing, only to have to back down any.
what did he expect, he was profiting off the name of the American festival.
This also happened with a tiny festival in North Shields, which had to change its name
Can it not be a tribute festival, similar to tribute acts?