Not that Sir Ringo Starr is not famous enough (and if you don’t know Ringo was the drummer for the Beatles as well as he is a solo hit songwriter/singer/musician, I can’t much help you with much of anything really) the 80-year-old world-famous musician, just dropped his legal case against a company that makes the “Ring O,” cock ring. Ringo was challenging the Ring O trademark, saying it was too similar to his name and could cause “confusion” and possible impingement on his reputation.
But Ringo reached an agreement with the Ring O makers just recently. Now, according to the settlement, Pacific Holdings and Momentum Management have agreed to “avoid any activity likely to lead to confusion” between their product and the musician. Pacific Holdings and Momentum Management have also agreed only to use the Ringo O name for adult sex aids and desensitizing sprays. When writing the Ring O name, they must also leave a space between the “Ring” and the “O.” Furthermore; the companies have pledged not to “degrade, tarnish or deprecate or disparage” the great drummer’s name or image. They also said they wouldn’t make any “reference or innuendo associating the product with Starr.” Nor will they furthermore (if they ever did actually) give the impression that the original Ringo is associated with their products.
The Ring O is part of the Screaming O collection, which, according to Momentum, has sold 25 million products globally (it seems lots of men or their partners need their little Ringo’s—sorry Ringo, don’t sue me ok?—to stay hard or by contrast, be desensitized).
The name “Ringo” is registered as a trademark by a bunch of companies based in England (Ringo’s birth country). Ringo was knighted under his real name Richard Starkey three years ago.
‘By any other name,’ and all that.
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