Jay-Z and Juan Perez, co-owners of 40/40 Clubs in New York City, Atlantic City and Las Vegas, have sued Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz for opening a similarly-named establishment.
According to Reuters, Ortiz chose to name his establishment, located in the Dominican Republic, Forty/Forty – in addition to using a website called fortyforty.net.
The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday (April 15), claims that Ortiz’ nightclub has cause the 40/40 sports bars “marketplace confusion and damage.”
“David Ortiz is fully aware of plaintiff’s Manhattan 40/40 Club, since he had been a patron there on several occasions long before he opened his infringing Forty/Forty Club,” read the lawsuit.
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does Jay really have to? lol
Jay z………………..really?
David Ortiz:
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o yea them Russian mob goons, the ones that REALLY own this club, dont play so i suggest Ortiz get it right quick ‘fore we start seeing molotov cocktails burnin down his spots
lets see how quick one of them goons gets murked tryin to go into the Dominican Repuplic tryin to burn down anything Ortiz owns.. dude is a fuckin icon down there.. ortiz fucked up with the name, but you fucked up talkin bullshit… faggot
Jay is a Dick head how is he going to sue Ortiz for running with a name,… He is a C E O this kat Jay z is making more money than athletes and he wants thousands of dollars come on now Jay Z i thought you was better than that thats the type of BS that makes me hate hip hop but being a loyal hip hop fan i never will… Jay Z just made it harder now to be well respected its in the D R get over it!!!!!!
I thought that jay-z never sued people and “handled his diferrences on the street”. I remember him saying that. I guess that mentality went out the window the minute he turned 40. You can’t be a gangsta forever.lol
but this isn’t personal… this is business. Plus this will affect the people around him.
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oh yeah maybe he should beat him up or maybe even shoot him. get real what the hell do you want him to do.
david ortiz must be fucking retarded, how could he possibly think he could get away with this without litigation? u cant get mad at jay-z for this, u gotta sue the stupid fuck
ortiz straight up retarded to name his shit the same, he must love unwinnable litigation battles…stupid fuck
ortiz straight up retarded to name his shit the same, he must love unwinnable litigation battles…stupid
dam i need somebody to sue seems like thats the come up nowdays
that’s a bit rich coming from a biter like Jay isn’t it?
Burn lol
lame. how a biter suing a biter. i love jay but blueprint 3 was wack, and this euro vibe jigga is lame. david ortiz is a bum though, hes finished on the field. maybe if he was still hitting jigga would let it slide. now ortiz cant win at the plate, and hes gettin sued by raps finest.
hey i mean i understand that the clubs having the same name is causing confusion but there is no reason to sue him what i think they should do is partner up together and jay should make him the general manager of the clubs since he is trying to do everything else and he can still have his name on it and get the money coming in from the clubs david ortiz can maybe help manage it when he is in his off season or something like that…..
How dumb are you, fuck Davis Ortiz you dont steal someone business idea… try to run with it… and then get offered a partnership… this is the real world sue his punk ass and make him change the name or close down… bottom line!!
Damn.. how old are you cats??? Do you niggas understand nothing about business?
1. These are grown ass men and as such you handle grown-up problems like grown ups. So all the cats talking about using violence to solve the situation explains why so many dumb ass niggas are in jail…. for dumb shit.
2. Jay-Z has worked to build up the name and reputation of his company (for good or bad) and for dude to just come out and name his club the same thing is lame. That’s like you upcoming rappers work hard to build your name and your company name (if you’re indie) and you start getting some recognition… then some dude comes out of nowhere and uses your name and/or your company name… you aren’t going to be too happy with it right?
What is it about this site that attracts the most unintelligible commenters I’ve seen on a hip hop site besides SOHH?
The bad part of this is that there is no such thing as a lawsuit in The Dominican Republic. He’s gonna have to try to get that case to the States in order for it to fly. I don’t see Jay winning this one.
@INOA,
Didn’t know that. So people can’t sue in DR? Wow. Thanks for putting me on.
Come on Ortiz, what type of shit is that? Y he aint name that bitch 50/50 since him and 50 suppose 2 be kool ne way hell..
i think its more redsox vs the yankees thing lol if derrick jeter woulda opened a similar club jay wouldnt mind lol anywho ROCNATION biotch
btw the only player that should be naming his eating spot 40/40 is barry bonds.
ortiz never stole 40 bases and hit 40 home runs. fuck he name it 40/40 for? these cats can afford this kinda shit but cant create an original name. ortiz got a giant head with a pea sized brain. id pay someone to give me an original name if i was that slow. ortiz about to get taken to the cleaners by jiggas legal team, his dinner spot will go under, and the red sox will release him at the end of the year. ortiz is finished. hes going to need extensive therapy to get over 2010.
bonds bar will b called juiced u lil skank
Hes talkn bout pittsburg berry when he could steal and didnt have a giant head dumbass
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jay z a bitch fuk dat nikka now
yo fuk jay z i aint changing shyt. ya!
I think the fact that Ortiz named it forty/forty and not 40/40 might save him.
I agree. The lawsuit is stupid. The name is forty/forty not 40/40. Smart move by big pappi. He may get some people to come to his club thinking its Jay z’s club. Good move. Besides that, it’s in the Dominican Republic. Seriously C’mon Gay-z take it like a man.
nah thats not enough to save him. its really about marketplace confusion. ortiz is gonna lose the suit because it’ll be fairly easy for Jay-z lawyers to prove that he knowing used a similar name to bank of of 40/40’s success.
No it won’t its alot about how people pronounce them both. hmmm wait there the same…
JAY GET YOUR DAMN MONEY!!!
wht the hell is he trying to bite off of 40/40?
I dont know why you guys are hating on jay for doin this because big papi is just trying to make some money off of jay’s name….
JAY GET YOUR DAMN MONEY!!!
why the hell is he trying to bite off of 40/40?
I dont know why you guys are hating on jay for doin this because big papi is just trying to make some money off of jay’s name….
Blue Magic, that’s a brand name, like pepsi. That’s a brand name, I stand behind it, I guarantee it. They know that even if they don’t know me any more than they know the chairman of General Mills
^ lol thats appropriate
LmfaO.
stop hatin on jay they wanna c u fall when u at the top aint nobody fuckin wit jay on any track street or radio i hear u fresh 22
Jay Z > The World.
ortiz trippin with the name but he is bringing money into a struggling dominican economy Jay-z doesnt even pay the 40/40 employees right they still fighting for there’s but hush Jay-z stans still tryna forget they read about it smh
Guess Jay-z gone skip out on that bill too.
ortiz trippin with the name but he is bringing money into a struggling dominican economy jay-z doesnt even pay the 40/40 employees right they still fighting for there’s but hush jay-z stans still tryna forget they read about it smh
guess Jay-z gone skip out on that bill too. smh
fuck jay z, hes a fukin homo. i hope ortiz smashes that bitch ass
….its all bout money, Power , Greed
Yeah, Jay-Z is a homo…??? Him and his boyfriend… Beyonce…??? You Jay-haters are so fuckin’ dumb.
Yep I hear that, jealousy is a bitch hahaha, fuck y’all!
ahahahahahahaha. Wait a min…. Here is a guy who spent his entire career biting other people’s name, lyics, and album concepts and he had the nerve to sue other people for doing the same shit?
Hey, look at me, I’m Jay-Z and I think I’m special and shit because I’m A Freemason and Illuminated.
Fucking faggot
Your a dick. Irrelevant comments.
Its extremely relevant. Sueing over infringement.
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That club looks ghetto as hell from the website. no dress code. i guess jay-z is following his concept of Black Magic in american gangster, lol.
haha look at jay-z…. street cred after this = 0
If Ortiz has to change the name and I doubt that he’ll have to, then I would just change Forty/Forty to spanish… Cuarenta/Cuarenta …. I wonder what Gay-Z will do then.
BTW I never heard of a lawsuit in DR and even if such a thing exists “big papi” is worshipped in DR the government might tell Jay to get out of here with that bullsh*t
getoff david ortiz dick nigga
I think people need to understand business before you post comments about business… Lets do this… Forget the fact its Jay Z and David Ortiz just think if you started a brand lets say and you worked hard developing a vision and name for your brand which has a standard that you have made well known through out the world because of your marketing power which you spent so much on, Here comes another person who uses the same name 40/40 and forty/forty which are the same thing by the way. That person has done a few things wrong 1. That person is making people think its something its not (Mind Game) 2. Its stealing because you can not use some ones brand without permission 3. You may hurt the brand by not staying true to its business standards…. I like Jay Z and Big Papi but in this case Papi is wrong 100% and I hope he has to pay for it because he should Know better.You would want your business or brand stolen from you so think of that and not who is involved