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While one could presume that the Chili Peppers didn’t register “Californication” because they were treating it as a title and not as an identifier of source (the definition of a trademark), this assumption is countered by the Chili Peppers’ own later lawsuit against Showtime.
Kim Walker, head of intellectual property at Pinsent Masons, states that the band should have registered Californication as a trademark. Instead, the only application for such was filed in April 2007 in the US, by Showtime.
Feb 25, 2014 · A few years back, the Red Hot Chili Peppers took legal action against Showtime Networks in a trademark issue over the use of their iconic song “Californication” in the television show of the same name.
Nov 20, 2007 · “Californication is the signature CD, video and song of the band’s career,” front-man Anthony Kiedis said in a statement. “For some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right.” Showtime filed a trademark application for CALIFORNICATION in class 41 for an ongoing television series.
Filed in April 10 (2007), the CALIFORNICATION covers Entertainment in the nature of an on-going comedy television series broadcast over television, cable, satellite, radio, telephone, broadband systems, via the Internet, and via portable and wireless communication devices; providing information in the field of entertainment rendered via the ...
TrademarkElite is the U.S. #1 Trademark Search and Registration Service :: CALIFORNICATION is a trademark and brand of Showtime Networks Inc., New York, NY .
Nov 22, 2007 · Kim Walker, head of intellectual property at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM, said the band should have registered Californication as a trademark. Instead, the only trademark application was filed in April in the US, by Showtime Networks.
