From calling out Cristal to publicly revealing Prodigy’s dancing days, Jay-Z has won a lot of battles in his time. Now, the Brooklyn titan can another victory to his list, as he recently won a legal battle against the Rockafella Restaurant.
According to the Chronicle Live, chef and winner of the British television show “Hell’s Kitchen” Terry Miller had opened a restaurant named Rockafella in 2006 with money he won from his win on the show. Now, five years since Hova and his associates first issued a writ against Miller for the use of his label’s trademarked named Roc-a-Fella, British courts have decided in Jay’s favor.
The victory didn’t come with trouble, however. The courts had initially ruled in favor of Miller’s use of his Rockafella restaurant and catering brand within the United Kingdom. Jay-Z, along with his London-based legal team Forrester Ketley & Co., appealed the case and has since won, ultimately barring Miller from using the name for the catering portion of the business. The restaurant in question closed in 2009.
“I’ve had a enough with this whole naming thing now,” said Miller. “It’s been a headache all along and has been rumbling for years.”
not understanding why jay-z sued this dude its not like he was getting in the way of your money you dnt have a resturant name rocafella so he aint taking away from any of your business leave the nigga alone let him eat
Yeah but but that dude is eating from a name that Jay Z and others helped built. So when people would see that Roc A Fella restaurant they would immidiately associated it with Jay Z.
That is so far from the truth it’s disgusting. First of all the restaurant doesn’t even use the same spelling. It’s spelled rockafella, while jay’s label is spelled roc-a-fella. And second…they both took the name from a real person. So how is that a name Jay built up, when in fact it is a name that a white Jewish banker established.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? THE GERMAN AMERICAN NOT JEWISH FAMILY OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH JAY-Z. THINK ABOUT IT YOU DON’T WANT ANYONE DILUTE OR HURT YOUR BRAND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE THINKING YOU ARE LINKED TO SOMETHING THAT YOU’RE NOT. THE NAME ROC-A-FELLA IS A PLAY ON THE NAME ROCKEFELLER. THE NAME ROCKFELLA IS SPELLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT PRONOUNCED THE SAME WAY AS THE RECORD COMPANY.
@905
he was baptist.
you always win when your a mason. it’s apart of the code.
you’re
Dat nigga hov shows no love, personally I think dats un-dope.
Wow, you people have no idea how the real world works. He didn’t win because he’s a mason (seriously you people believe that shit?)
A key word to take away from the article: TRADE MARK
A trademark is legally protected which means that no one outside of Roc-A-Fella LLC can use it. Trade Marks are there to protect the public from fraudulent use of known properties in order for a third party to gain profit. You couldn’t open a G-Unit restaurant or a Nike Sports Bar or create a device called the iPhone either because those words and the symbols to represent them belong to the owner. It’s called Intellectual Property and the owner has every right to protect them.
My company owns trademarks that we use on items we sell also. On every document I send out to a contractor to complete work, everything is watermarked “Property of (company name) LLC.” If a third party isn’t licensed to use the property, the IP holder is allowed to sue anyone in violation of their property.
Jay-Z didn’t get successful by joining some secret group. He’s talented and he worked his ass off. With success opens other doors and it compounds itself. I know because I work my ass off and I’m far ahead of most people financially.
Seriously, you guys need to get off the conspiracy videos on youtube and get real lives in the real world. Otherwise, you’re going to spend your whole life blaming cults (lol) and rich people for all your problems.
An educated comment on HHDX?! mind=blown
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well said bruh..
Rap sites shouldn’t equal dumb downed thinking and comments. HHFan GREAT reply!!!
nice dude…hell yea man he work hard to brand that name…
Well, fraternal orders have always existed. You were always required to be the blood relative of the person within the order to be recruited. Is Jay a part of some fraternal order, nobody knows. But, does that have anything to do with this case? Absolutely not.
I totally agree with you man, people can’t understand the importance of branding & trademark in capitalist societies where we actually live, Jay-Z defends his business and i totally understand that.this guy is one of greatest black entertainer of USA that’s the reason why “MONEY OVER EVERYTHING”
Last time I checked rich people started the Iraq/Afghanistan wars…Bankrupted America and gave more money to the banks that caused the problem. Closed 100’s of schools over the U.S. in the last 2 years because of “budget crisis”…and when the fuck does that trickle down shit happen? Poverty and unemployment is higher than ever so fuck a Jay-z and his rich counterparts.
Rocafella? Isn’t there an original Rocafella? LOL
Rockefeller
no its rockefeller…jay spelt his rockafella so he owns that shit now nobody can use it
Jay a fag someone should turn his switch off.
and its even spelt differently, ffs you cant trademark common words like that otherwise someone will soon have a business called “the” or something and everyone will sue. if he wants full ownership he should invent a word, copyright it and then trademark it as the name of his company.
it’z like jay-z! said in u don’t know “i will not lose!” evrytime he keepz winnin. he destroyed nas on takeover, he made feminem scarred 4 life on renegade, he retired 4 3 yrz and came back goin gold in da 1st week and he 1 more grammyz than feminem and flake did combined last week. and now he winz a leagal battle against a resturant dat no1 haz heard of. JAY-Z! IZ KING!
RNGMB BITCH!
What the fuck you been smokin, Em killed Jay on renegade, plus the fact check the credits dumbass, Jay only got writing credits on that track, Em got writing and production cred, on Jay’s shit, not taking away from Jay, but everytime Em ft on someones track he murders them all, nuff said
??? Who destroyed Nas on Takeover, LOL; you mean Nas destroyed Jay on ether.
@Que da recta. YOU’RE RIGHT EM DID PRODUCE THE TRACK, SO WHAT THAT’S WHAT PRODUCERS DO AND I MUST SAY THE WHITE BOY OOOOOHHHH HE KILLED THAT SH!*. DO YOU REALIZE THAT ORIGINALLY JAY SENT A TRACK FOR EM TO GET ON, BUT EM TOLD JAY THAT HE HAD A TRACK THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD GO NICER WITH THE RENEGADE CONCEPT. JAY LISTENED AND LIKED IT,THAT’S RESPECT FOR THE CREATIVE PROCESS. JAY COULD HAVE PULLED AND LL MOVE AND CHANGED HIS LYRICS AFTER HE HEARD EM, BUT HE DIDN’T. CLASSY MOVE. DID YOU ALSO KNOW EM ORIGINALLY MADE THE TRACK FOR HIMSELF AND ROYCE THE 5’9.IT REALLY DON’T MATTER BECAUSE IT’S A CLASSIC FROM 2 TALENTED CATS.
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I thought Dame Dash owned Rocafella records at this point? And how about the original Rockefeller sues both of them for stealing his name?