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Litigation over 'Ultra Music' Licensing Raises International Trademark Issues
A Miami, FL, federal jury ruled in favor of a Croatia-based production company in their trademark dispute with a titan of concerts, Ultra Music Festival. Adria MM Productions Ltd. v. Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc., 17-21603.
The verdict in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida found that Worldwide Entertainment, an arm of Ultra Miami responsible for licensing out the festival's trademark to production companies abroad, tortiously interfered with Adria MM Production's business relationships. In addition to being awarded $866,000 in damages for the claim, the jury also ruled that Worldwide Entertainment breached its contract with Adria.
The legal troubles between the two entities began last year when Adria filed a complaint against Worldwide for making allegedly unreasonable demands of the company as well as accusing it of being in breach of contract. Adria's complaint charged that after the two companies failed to renegotiate a 2012 five-year contract giving Adria rights to throw Ultra-branded events in Europe and Croatia, Worldwide sabotaged the smaller production company's communication channels both internally and with customers. Adria's company emails and social media pages were allegedly affected.
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