housden owns the rights to the little river band.
housden owns the rights to the little river band.
who owns the rights to the little river band?
housden
in june 2002, a legal dispute over the use of the name "little river band" reached the federal court of australia. we two pty ltd, little river band's parent company since 1988, lodged an action against birtles, goble, shorrock and wheatley seeking an injunction to stop the respondents from using the little river band trademarks and common law marks, or anything deceptively similar, as a trademark or band name. the little river band pty ltd counterclaimed, seeking the removal of the little river band trademark for non-use and return of the trademarks to the little river band pty ltd based on a claim of prior ownership. the matter was heard before justice finkelstein. when we two was able to provide undisputed evidence of their use of the trademark during the statutory period, the little river band pty ltd withdrew their crossclaim and birtles, shorrock, goble and wheatley sought a settlement with we two. documentation showing the assignment of the little river band trademarks to we two, registered by the united states patent and trademark office in 1989, and birtles' transfer of ownership of the url "littleriverband.com" to we two in 2000 were presented during the hearing. when asked to produce the document on television in 2015, housden stated: "i have the signatures somewhere at home. i have a photocopy of it but i couldn't find it today to show up on the screen." of the same court case former band manager glenn wheatley said: "i can't even remember signing that document that was presented in court. on the last day, all of a sudden, this photocopy of a document that had my name on it - signature." the parties reached a settlement on 13 june 2002 with their agreement that we two had ownership of the little river band trademark and common law marks including the name, logo, "lrb" and the platypus logo and that birtles, goble, shorrock and wheatley could reference their past history with the band in advertising separate to their band name and only in a descriptive manner. the matter of costs was decided by justice finkelstein on 12 july 2002. an order was made for birtles, goble, shorrock and wheatley to pay one half of we two's taxed costs.
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at the aria music awards of 2004, little river band was inducted into the australian recording industry association (aria) hall of fame. the award presentation acknowledged the band's three decade career and thirteen official members and was accepted by "the classic lineup of the little river band" - the 1976 to 1978 line-up of the band – birtles, shorrock, goble, pellicci, briggs and mcardle. they performed "help is on its way" at the ceremony on 17 october. shorrock had previously been inducted in 1991 for his work with the twilights, axiom and his solo career. farnham, who had been inducted in 2003 for his solo work, was not involved in the 2004 induction of little river band. farnham's contribution to the band was acknowledged by graeham goble in his acceptance speech. the current little river band claims the band's aria induction, amongst other past achievements, on its website.
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