“Twenty-Nine Palms has gone to great lengths to imitate” the plaintiffs’ Coachella and associated trademarks, the suit contends.Īttempts to reach a Twenty-Nine Palms representative were not immediately successful. Attorneys for the Coachella Valley festival say that Twenty-Nine Palms may be added as defendants at a later date. The plaintiffs state in the complaint that the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and Coachella Crossroads - collectively referred to as Twenty-Nine Palms - are not named as defendants in the action because both have asserted through their counsel that they are entitled to sovereign immunity, and not subject to suit. Secondly, the judge ordered Live Nation to stop promoting and selling tickets to the Twenty-Nine Palms event on its platform. Gary Klausner granted a temporary restraining order against website host Bluehost, stopping it from promoting “Coachella Day One 22” online.

In a minute order issued late Monday, U.S. The plaintiffs allege that the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, operating as Coachella Crossroads - also the name of its venue, located five miles from the site of the Coachella Valley festival - are “intentionally trading on the goodwill” of the Coachella festival, causing a likelihood of “consumer confusion and false association” with the original event. The New Year’s Eve event is located in close proximity to the desert site where the Coachella Valley event normally takes place in April, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court. Like the annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Twenty-Nine Palms’ event is advertised as an outdoor music festival that features numerous forms of entertainment and artists.

The festival filed a trademark-infringement suit last week against Live Nation Entertainment over “Coachella Day One 22,” produced by the Twenty- Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians and advertised on Live Nation’s Ticketmaster platform. LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A judge has handed the organizers of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival a win by granting a temporary restraining order against the advertisers of a New Year’s Eve event with a similar name, according to court papers obtained Tuesday.

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