Drake’s Attempt To Trademark “Certified Lover Boy” Denied

Drake Tried to Trademark His Album Title “Certified Lover Boy”, But Was Denied

Fans went wild when Drake announced he’s dropping a new album titled “Certified Lover Boy”, a follow up to his 2018’s ‘Scorpion’. Drizzy also dropped the first single off the upcoming project “Laugh Now Cry Later” featuring Lil Durk.

Acccording to reports, the album is due for release in the next few weeks/months. However, it appears the Toronto superstar is looking to copyright the album title.

Complex reported that Drake’s lawyer Robert Kleinman, attempted to secure the copyright for Certified Lover Boy back in February. The application was made for the use of the term for music recordings, TV, movie and live events, and clothing.

 

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But the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied the application for “likelihood of confusion” based on two factors. 1) the name is too similar to Lover’s Lane, a clothing brand based out of Michigan, that registered the trademark for “Loverboy”.

The trademark office deemed Drake’s album title too close to the clothing brand. 2) The title of Drake’s upcoming project could be confused for Canadian rock band Loverboy who’ve had the trademark for their name since 1984.

“Both parties provide various clothing identical in part and otherwise closely related,” USPTO trademark attorney Tamara Frazier said.

Regardless of the declination, He can still put out his album and even drop merch for the project. The copyright simply would’ve simply served as extra protection in case of any legal disputes.

 

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