According to TMZ, the famous Naked Cowboy is suing CBS for the shirt off their back ... claiming they violated his trademark by having a naked guy playing a guitar featured on one of their soaps.
In a lawsuit filed today in New York, the Naked Cowboy claims the CBS show THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL featured a character dressed as a cowboy, wearing only underwear, and playing a guitar -- which he claims is his thing.
According to the suit, CBS promoted that clip on their website and on YouTube with the name "Naked Cowboy" attached to it. The NC also claims CBS purchased advertising on search engines for the term "naked cowboy."
He's suing for trademark infringement, among other things, and asking for $1.5 million in damages.
Lame. It's called parody and is perfectly legal.
ReplyDeleteHaha, reminds me of the naked sailor man they had on ATWT a couple of years ago. :P
ReplyDeleteMark, the naked sailor was a total rip-off too but they didn't call him "Naked Cowboy" which is this guy's brand. He's probably out there playing now a few blocks from my apartment. :)
ReplyDeleteRoscoe Born did a naked guitar bit on The Cuty in 1995.
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