Washington, D.C
D.C. Music Festival Embroiled in Trademark Fight with Coachella
Two Washington, D.C. residents discovered themselves going through a lawsuit this week from Coachella—the enduring California music competition—after founding a knockoff “Moechella” competition within the nation’s capital. Founders Justin Johnson and Kelsye Adams are named within the swimsuit that alleges the title is simply too just like Coachella and {that a} taking pictures at a 2022 Moechella occasion has harmed the popularity of the unique California competition. At Moechella’s Juneteenth live performance final 12 months, a fifteen-year-old boy was killed and three others had been injured by gunfire. Moechella initially began as a collection of musical protests in 2019 in opposition to new residents of a luxurious residence constructing who complained about loud go-go music within the Shaw neighborhood of D.C. These protests became an annual Moechella live performance and “Million Moe March.” The title, in keeping with a failed trademark utility filed by Johnson, is a mash-up of “Moe”—slang for “pal”—and an allusion to Coachella.
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