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It’s not each day that the realms of major-label musicians and Bravo’s Actual Housewivesintersect; the women are typically higher identified for one-off singles like Countess Luann’s “Cash Can’t Purchase You Class.” Nevertheless, on Feb. 14, juggernaut rapper Eminem filed an opposition in opposition to The Actual Housewives of Potomacstars Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixonconcerning the identify of their podcast Fairly Shady, Web page Six stories.
Bryant and Dixon had filed a trademark utility to safe the identify of their podcast, which has logged 80 episodes since 2021 on the matters of affection, relationships, and entrepreneurship. In his criticism, the “Lose Your self” rapper, who has for many years additionally passed by the names Shady and Slim Shady, posited that his model might be “broken” if the fact duo are profitable in securing their trademark to promote podcast-related merch like hats, jackets, and water bottles.
In the submitting, the lawyer for Eminem (actual identify Marshall Bruce Mathers III) states that Bryant and Dixon’s Fairly Shady mark might “trigger confusion within the minds of shoppers” on condition that a lot of it's “an identical” to Eminem’s mark.
This isn't the primary time the Detroit rapper has gotten right into a trademark dispute over the Slim Shady moniker—in 2021, Eminem filed an opposition over a political web site referred to as Slim Shady Politics.