JAY-Z SETTLES WITH BASEBALL STAR OVER CLUB NAME
Rapper JAY-Z has reportedly agreed to settle a trademark infringement law suit with DAVID ORTIZ after suing the baseball player over the name of hi s nightclub in the Dominican Republic.
The Big Pimpin’ star and his business partner Juan Perez filed a lawsui t in New York in April (10), accusing the Boston Red Sox star of infringi ng upon the name of their 40/40 sports bars by naming his hotspot the For ty/Forty Club.
They claimed Ortiz had been a patron at their Manhattan club on "severa l occasions" before opening his own bar in his native country, according to the New York Post.
But the two parties have now reportedly ended the legal dispute, with O rtiz agreeing to rename his venue and pull down its promotional website F ortyForty.net.
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