The Los Angeles-based band says the Houston-based gun store is 'damaging' the band’s name without their “approval, license, or consent.”
is now facing a lawsuit from the rock band Guns N’ Roses. The Los Angeles-based band says the Houston-based gun store is"damaging" the band’s name without their “approval, license, or consent.”against Jersey Village Florist, which owns Texas Guns and Roses. The gun store's name is"likely to cause confusion with the GUNS N' ROSES mark, falsely suggesting a connection with GNR, and was likely to dilute the GUNS N' ROSES mark," according to the lawsuit.
Although the Texas gun store spells it out, the band argues that the two names are identical because “N” is shorthand for “and.” The gun store operates a physical retail store in west Houston and an online retail store at texasgunsandroses.com. Texas Guns and Roses filed for trademark protection in 2015 and registered it in 2016, U.S. Patent and Trade Office registration records show.In 1984, band co-founders Tracci Guns and Axl Rose combined their respective bands “LA Guns” and “Hollywood Rose” and their surnames to form “Guns N’ Roses.
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