Eminem Opposes 'The Real Housewives Of Potomac' Deposition In Trademark Case Regarding 'Reasonably Shady' Podcast

Eminem’s legal team has filed documents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office opposing the request that he be deposed in an ongoing trademark dispute with The Real Housewives of Potomac stars Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon. The reality TV personalities are attempting to trademark the name "Reasonably Shady" the name of the podcast they launched in May 2021. Eminem objects, claiming that the phrase is “confusingly similar” to “Shady” and “Slim Shady,” both of which he has trademarked for various commercial uses. Bryant and Dixon want to depose Em, but the “Lose Yourself” rapper has argued that he should be allowed to send his manager Paul Rosenberg instead. “[I]t is [Eminem’s] position that [Eminem’s] longtime personal manager, Paul Rosenberg, has at least equal and almost certainly superior knowledge of the relevant issues, and that [Eminem] does not have any unique, nonduplicative knowledge of the relevant facts,” the filing reads. In addition, the filing claims Slim Shady is extremely busy. “[I]t would be burdensome for Mathers to attend a deposition in the month of December and the following months, namely, because he is presently engaged on projects which require his attendance continuously for the next several months,” the document continues. Bryant and Dixon have previously stated that they do not want Rosenberg to substitute for his famous client. “Mr. Rosenberg did not sign the registrations at issue and claim under oath that he is the exclusive owner of the registrations at issue,” their legal team wrote in a document late last month. 

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