Yoko Ono Sues Young Rocker

By Adam Michael Luebke, published Feb 13, 2008
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If you hadn't heard about the rock band, Lennon, than you will be sure to now. The temperamental widow of super-giant rocker, John Lennon, has just unleashed her wrath on a young woman who happened to be named after her late husband.

Yoko Ono has told Lennon Murphy that she cannot use her first name in promoting her band. The head-banging hottie (not Yoko) had cleared the name Lennon with Ono and her lawyers back in 2000, when the band's debut CD "5:30 Saturday Morning" was getting ready to come out.

According to TMZ, Yoko has filed a suit claiming "tarnishment" of John Lennon's name, and that the use of the name is causing confusion among people. Therefore, Yoko has demanded the trademark received by the rocker in 2000 must be terminated.

Murphy has fired back on her MySpace page: "I'm not sure what confusion I could be causing since I don't have the $50,000 to hire a lawyer and fight this. If people were confusing me with John Lennon and accidentally buying my records I should have more than enough money to live my life and hire a lawyer? I wish that was the case."

Julian, John Lennon's son, has offered to give Murphy his full support.

 
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I hadn't heard of this.

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Posted on 04/20/2008 at 5:04:41 PM

 
I agree with Ms. Ono-Lennon, I don't personally like her, but she's well within her rights to stop a trademark of her late husbands name, especially from another musical artist, I can understand the confusion issue. If Lennon Murphy established a bar or dry cleaning business, and called it "Lennon's" there would be no confusion because there's no connection to music. Also, to trademark the name Lennon, would hamper anyone, especially Ms. Ono-Lennon, from freely marketing the Lennon name without the permission on Lennon Murphy. IMHO, if Lennon Murphy is a good musical talent, there wouldn't be any need for her to market her music solely under "Lennon", she should market it under Lennon Murphy.

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Posted on 02/14/2008 at 11:02:56 AM

 
I'm sorry but that woman needs to get a life. She doesn't own a name.

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Posted on 02/14/2008 at 10:02:05 AM

 
Awesome story. I almost wrote one like it, but decided not to, because someone could do it better (and I have decided wisely!). Yoko Ono is a talentless crone who's "music" sounds like a cat orgy! How much more money does this bee-yotch need to make of her dead husband? GOD, it kinda reminds me of "Weekend at Bernie's"!

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Posted on 02/13/2008 at 3:02:04 PM

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