5th Circuit: R&B Singer Can’t Target Bandmates Under Lanham Act

( July 7, 2025, 10:06 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Lanham Act does not allow for trademark’s co-owner to bring claims against other co-owners, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held, affirming a Texas federal judge’s decision to grant summary judgment to defendant members of the 1990s rhythm and blues group Jade in a dispute over the group’s name brought by another member....