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Yoko Ono, the wife of the late John Lennon has reportedly forced a soft-drink company called John Lemon to change its name, arguing that it infringed on the trademark of her late husband.
The vegan and gluten-free ‘John Lemon’ soft drinks were launched in 2012 by a Polish company. They reportedly will now have to rebrand their products as ‘On Lemon’ following threats of legal action from the Beatle’s wife.
Reports say that Ono’s lawyers warned the drink’s distributors that they will face costs of up to 5,000 euros a day and 500 euros for every bottle sold if they continued to infringe the John Lennon trademark.
The drinks company denied infringing the late Beatle‘s trademark, but Ono’s lawyers argued that a Facebook post by John Lemon Ireland, featuring a photo of the singer, and using the phrase “let it be” in marketing material amounted to infringement.
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