The Chilean artist finally won the legal battle against the group Triumph International, which represents the rights of Michael Jackson, for his character ‘Maikel Pérez Jackson’.
Chilean artist Cristián Henríquez won the ‘final’ trial against Michael Jackson’s lawyers. The above due to the ownership of the name of the remembered character of him in Morandé with Company: Maikel Pérez Jackson.
Specifically, the Supreme Court rejected the last appeal filed by the representatives of the ‘King of Pop’.
It was in 2020 when Henríquez wanted to register the character’s name in the National Institute of Industrial Property (Inapi).
However, in 2021 the lawyers filed an Opposition Lawsuit, ensuring that it could become ‘unfair competition’ and ‘confusion among fans’.
At that time the Industrial Property court ruled in favor of the Chilean artist, so the situation seemed to be in order.
Situation of ‘Maikel Pérez Jackson’
“These are trademark sets that, although they are similar in the expressions Michael or Maikel, and in the term Jackson, the use of the Pérez complement in the requested trademark allows one trademark to be distinguished from another,” the director of Inapi indicated at the time. .
“It is not seen how the requested sign could be misleading or confusing,” he added.
But the judicial mess did not stop there, since the group went to the Supreme Court in March of this year.
Finally, the last appeal was rejected, so the former member of Morandé with Company You can register the character in the registry.
