Radio fight over 'Buzz' tag heads to court

[NashVegas]

Branding in the USA

The buzzing noise emanating from U.S. District Court in Nashville is echoing in radios all across the country.

But according to the plaintiffs in a federal copyright case, the only place that the ''Buzz'' should be heard is over the signals broadcast by Nashville-based Cromwell Group Inc. It is fighting national broadcasting behemoth Clear Channel Communication's use of the marketing moniker to describe several of its own radio stations.

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Cromwell says that it has a trademark on ''Buzz.'' It wants Clear Channel and its subsidiaries to stop using the term, whether it's for a station in Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Jonesboro, Ark. — or any other it owns nationwide.

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/07/55243417.shtml?Element_ID=55243417

[slutticus]

1. I was always wondering about this....

...When I lived in Nashville, I remember 102.9 "the Buzz". Then I moved to Houston and noticed we had our own "Buzz" station. I'm surprised it took this long to sue.

Fuck Clear Channel anyway....