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Ken Block and his company, Gravel Farms Racing, LLC., have sued the co-producers of the first three Gymkhana videos over the registration and use of the GYMKHANA.COM website. The defendants, Mad Media say that “the automotive sport of GYMKHANA has been around since the early 1900’s…No one has the right to prevent the public from using the word gymkhana to report on, discuss, or promote the sport - especially on a website.”
However, Ken Block has a different opinion on the matter, with the lawsuit his company filed saying “by registering and using the domain GYMKHANA.COM, Mad Media breached its contractual obligations to Plaintiffs to refrain from using the knowledge it gained from its contractual relationship with Plaintiffs to misappropriate, interfere with, or profit from opportunities and property in the GYMKHANA brand.”
With so much at stake, we don’t see either party backing out of the dispute any time soon - we’re in for a lengthy legal battle.
Story via jalopnik.com
However, Ken Block has a different opinion on the matter, with the lawsuit his company filed saying “by registering and using the domain GYMKHANA.COM, Mad Media breached its contractual obligations to Plaintiffs to refrain from using the knowledge it gained from its contractual relationship with Plaintiffs to misappropriate, interfere with, or profit from opportunities and property in the GYMKHANA brand.”
With so much at stake, we don’t see either party backing out of the dispute any time soon - we’re in for a lengthy legal battle.
Story via jalopnik.com
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