Prince Sued By Perfume Maker
by anamus on Nov.18, 2008, under lawsuits, legal, legal proceedings
Prince was sued by a perfume company on Monday for $100,000 (66,883 pounds) for failing to help them promote a perfume named “3121″. The fragrance was named after the musician’s 2006 album, which the company produced as a part of the business with musician Prince.
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The the lawsuit that has been filed in New York State Supreme Court that states that Prince and Universal Music Publishing Group, his music publisher, have reached a licensing agreement with Revelations, the perfume company in December 2006. The agreement allowed the company to use Prince’s name and likeness as well as the name of his album “3121″ to market two fragrances. The first of the two fragrances have already been released in 2007 and a second is due out in 2009, the lawsuit also mentions.
The agreement between the musician and the perfume company stated that 50% of the of the net profits from the sale of the fragrances would go directly to the Universal. In return the label would arrange the cooperation of Prince to market the products.
“Since July 2007, despite repeated attempts by Revelations there have been virtually no communications from anyone who could commit to or coordinate any promotional efforts by Prince”, the breach of contract lawsuit mentions.
The Universal Music Publishing Group said in a statement, “Although we have not seen the complaint, we are familiar with the claims being asserted by Revelations, and they are completely without merit”.
The music company is owned by French media and telecoms conglomerate Vivendi.
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