C+C Music Factory Co-Founder Robert Clivillés Sues Freedom Williams for $30M, Seeking Cancellation of the Trademark on the Group’s Name

C+C Music Factory co-founder Robert Clivillés sues Freedom Williams for $30M, seeking cancellation of the trademark on the group’s name

Clivillés also wants the court to hand him administrative control of the longstanding C+C Music Factory Instagram account, which Williams runs. Source

C+C Music Factory Founder Sues Freedom Williams in $30 Million Trademark Lawsuit

C+C Music Factory founder Robert Clivilles is suing Freedom Williams over the trademark to the group's name.

C+C Music Factory Founder Hits Freedom Williams With $30 Million Trademark and Fraud Lawsuit

C+C Music Factory co-founder Robert Clivillés hit rapper Freedom Williams with a fraud lawsuit over his control of the 1990s dance group’s name.

C+C Music Factory Co-Founder Robert Clivillés Sues Freedom Williams for $30 Million, Alleging He Wrongfully Claimed Trademark Despite Never Being a Group Member

Whatever fallout came as a result of the canceled Freedom 250 concerts on the National Mall in Washington this summer, we can add a lawsuit that otherwise might not have happened. One prominent figure in that D.C. controversy, Freedom Williams, who made newsmaking statements in his role as frontman for the touring edition of C+C Music Factory, has been sued by the act’s surviving co-founder, Robert Clivillés, in the wake of the political fracas.…

C+C Music Factory Co-Founder Sues Freedom Williams, Seeks at Least $30 Million Over Group Name

A collage of C+C Music Factory album covers traces the group’s recording history from “Gonna Make You Sweat” in 1990 through “Anything Goes!” in 1994 and the self-titled “C+C Music Factory” in 1995. Co-founder Robert Clivillés is suing Freedom Williams over rights to the group’s name and federal trademark.The dispute asks a surprisingly complicated question about one of the biggest dance acts of the early ’90s: Who has the right to call somethin…

C+C Music Factory Co-Founder Sues Frontman Over Control Of Name

The fight for the future of C+C Music Factory is officially on. C+C, the hip-house hitmakers who dominated the early ’90s jock jam scene with monolithic bangers like “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” and “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…,” took their name from their two founding producers, David Cole and Robert Clivillés.…