Ringo Starr Settles Trademark Battle Over 'Ring O' Cock Ring Line

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ringo-starr-settles-trademark-battle-over-ring-o-cock-ring-line?ref=home

Ringo Starr Settles Trademark Battle Over ‘Ring O’ Cock Ring Line
IT DON’T COME EASY
Philippe Naughton
Published Jun. 25, 2021 9:34AM ET

Ringo Starr has dropped a legal claim against a Californian sex toy manufacturer after challenging its bid to trademark the name Ring O. Lawyers for the 80-year-old Beatles drummer had argued that the name was “identical in appearance, sound, connotation and pronunciation” to Ringo’s name—which is already protected by trademark—and he feared the association could damage his legendary reputation. But Starr has now settled with Screaming O, which uses the Ring O name for a line of cock rings. The company agreed to “avoid any activity likely to lead to confusion” and promised to use the name only for adult sex toys and desensitizing aids, keeping a clear gap between the ‘Ring’ and the ‘O.’

Read it at BBC News

[rsdsharp]

1. I had a friend in radio who back sold a Ringo record by saying "It don't come easy.

You gotta play with it a little while.”

Somehow he kept his job.

[Nevilledog]

2. Hahahaha

[sop]

3. Screaming O's cock ring sales just went up.

[liberaltrucker]

4. Thread is useless without pictures

[Solly Mack]

5. "...keeping a clear gap between the 'Ring' and the 'O.'"

[Hugin]

6. Has the expert from the Adam & Eve infomercial issued a statement, yet?

She's the only person I trust to get it straight.

Wall Street hangs in the balance.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Bit of a Streisand Effect - the first I'd heard of the sex toy

and I'd also dispute that " the name was “identical in appearance, sound, connotation and pronunciation”". The 'G' is sounded in Ringo's name as "Rin-Go", while the "ng" in "Ring O" is different. And "connotation"? Were his lawyers saying I should have been thinking of a ring around a cock for all these years when the Beatles' drummer was mentioned?