Pharrell Williams And Chad Hugo In Legal Dispute Over Neptunes Trademark

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are currently entangled in a legal war over use of the group's name. Chad opposing a trademark filing of Pharrell's company PW IP Holdings to lock up the rights to "The Neptunes" for music videos and other downloadable entertainment. Pharrell's reps said he was simply going out of his way to ensure no outsiders got hold of the Neptunes' name, but Hugo’s attorney Kenneth D. Freundlich went as far as to declare Pharrell committed fraud by leaving his client's name off the filing without any input from Chad. Pharrell's team also claimed they reached out to Chad on multiple occasions with no response 

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