John Fogerty Sued For Use Of Creedence Clearwater Name
Former band members claim John Fogerty is illegally using the name of the group.
Click here for reuse options!The dispute actually stretches back to 1996 when Fogerty was the plaintiff in a lawsuit that alleged that drummer Douglas Clifford, bassist Stuart Cookand the wife of late rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty(John’s brother) had been the ones misusing trademarks through the “Creedence Clearwater Revisited” tour.
Fogerty was initially successful back then in getting a California District Court to issue an injunction. However, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the injunction by ruling in 1997 that the lower judge had erred in finding a probable likelihood of confusion and in presuming irreparable harm to Fogerty. The case then proceeded, and in 2001, the parties entered into a settlement agreement.
According to a new lawsuit by Clifford, Cook, Patricia Fogerty and Poor Boy Productions, it was John Fogerty who withdrew his objection to “Creedence Clearwater Revisited” in return for payment for uses of the “Revisited” name.
The latest lawsuit points out that after the settlement, Fogerty gave interviews where he continued to slam use of the “Creedence Clearwater Revisited” name.
“Using the name is sort of a sacrilege,” he told one publication.”…
With Fogerty said to be threatening litigation again over money, the other Creedence parties are going to court first. They not only allege that Fogerty has breached the settlement agreement by publicly condemning use of “Revisited,” but that Fogerty himself is now violating the band’s trademarks.
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mea_mark December 8th, 2014 at 16:05
The musicians will lose and the lawyers will win.
mea_mark December 8th, 2014 at 17:05
The musicians will lose and the lawyers will win.
edmeyer_able December 8th, 2014 at 16:14
I understand that’s why XE had to change their name from BLACKWATER, cause the koch bro. were suing them.
edmeyer_able December 8th, 2014 at 17:14
I understand that’s why XE had to change their name from BLACKWATER, cause the koch bro. were suing them.
tiredoftea December 8th, 2014 at 16:15
It’s so sad that this continues from a guy who made distinctive and terrific music for so many years.
burqa December 8th, 2014 at 23:56
Yes indeed.
CCR was all John Fogerty. He wrote the songs and had to then teach those other guys to play them. From the beginning their musical skills were minimal. Notice none of them did anything since, other than probably spend all the dough John Fogerty made for them.
This whole sorry spectacle should have been ended long ago, decades ago.
tiredoftea December 9th, 2014 at 00:36
To be fair, his best days ended when Credence broke up. If I remember from their biography, they all urged him to include them in the creation of the music, but he was too hardheaded to listen. So, it was a productive relationship all around.
tiredoftea December 8th, 2014 at 17:15
It’s so sad that this continues from a guy who made distinctive and terrific music for so many years.
burqa December 9th, 2014 at 00:56
Yes indeed.
CCR was all John Fogerty. He wrote the songs and had to then teach those other guys to play them. From the beginning their musical skills were minimal. Notice none of them did anything since, other than probably spend all the dough John Fogerty made for them.
This whole sorry spectacle should have been ended long ago, decades ago.
tiredoftea December 9th, 2014 at 01:36
To be fair, his best days ended when Credence broke up. If I remember from their biography, they all urged him to include them in the creation of the music, but he was too hardheaded to listen. So, it was a productive relationship all around.
William December 8th, 2014 at 16:27
Here we go again. No doubt John will fight back and write an ass-kickin song like he did back in the eighties. The closing track on Centerfield, this was originally titled “Zanz Kant Danz” to refer to Saul Zaentz, Fogerty’s former boss at Fantasy Records, who famously tried to sue Fogerty for plagiarizing himself (specifically his Creedence Clearwater Revival material, to which Zaentz held the rights)
http://youtu.be/wjpAYfCFmJ4
William December 8th, 2014 at 17:27
Here we go again. No doubt John will fight back and write an ass-kickin song like he did back in the eighties. The closing track on Centerfield, this was originally titled “Zanz Kant Danz” to refer to Saul Zaentz, Fogerty’s former boss at Fantasy Records, who famously tried to sue Fogerty for plagiarizing himself (specifically his Creedence Clearwater Revival material, to which Zaentz held the rights)
http://youtu.be/wjpAYfCFmJ4
John_St_John December 9th, 2014 at 12:58
Greed, don’t ya just love it.
John_St_John December 9th, 2014 at 13:58
Greed, don’t ya just love it.