Judge Orders Blog Turned Over To Perez Hilton (Is This Fair?)
It seems blogger Perez Hilton can’t lose in a court of law — only in the court of public opinion. Hilton, real name Mario Lavandeira (who stole his blog name from Paris Hilton in order to use it for monetary gain) won a case against the blog PerezRevenge for stealing his name (Perez) and using it for monetary gain. Something doesn’t add up here.
Lavandeira has won a case against PerezRevenge, a gossip site which styles itself as an antidote to Hilton’s “meanness.” U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess has ordered the blog’s owners, Margie Rogers and Elizabeth Silver-Fagan, to stop using the PerezRevenge name, turn over the site to Hilton, and desist from “using the term ‘Perez’ to designate any platform, medium, and/or website that contains entertainment or celebrity news or gossip.” READ MORE
So let me get this straight: if someone uses your name on a blog in a hateful or malicious manner, you can have the blog shut down and turned over to you? I never knew that. I’m glad I didn’t name my blog after Beyonce!
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Is that what Beyonce is doing with all those blogspot dot com hate sites? You’d think the b*tch would be somewhere trying to record another platinum album or something.
And as for Perez *channeling Gary w/ The Tea* ‘Moving on Honey’
Sandra .. u need to have **** shut the “F” down then … lol
I’m officially done with him after he cost that girl her crown asking politically incorrect questions.
He KNEEEEEEEEEEWWW HE WAS WRONG FOR THAT!!
Well, him using Paris name wasn’t hurting her pockets. That site may have been hurting his.
& if that’s the case sandra you need to file a law suit against that site that Hates on your name sake.
she needs to have Sandra-Rose-Is-A-Hater site shut the “f” down then !!!
Don’t hate the playa, hate the game LOL
Sandra u should shut down that site that uses your name…y not
WOW….that doesn’t even sound legal….you think Perez was doing the judge?
@Krysi
Think(Lookig i my crystal ball)Yeap he did him!
I hope there is an appeal. WT__??
Sidebar: I can’t stand Perez Hilton’s persona.
Did Beyonce have Hate on Beyonce shut down? That site was hilarious
Perez is a bully IMO. I don’t like him at all. He’s mean spirited and his intent is to cut folks deep. He shouldn’t have been allowed to ask that question because it was a no win question on that pageant. Don’t like him at all.
I don’t think anyone likes Perez Hilton, even the gays I know hate him
This is what Beyonce did to Hate on Beyonce. If you own your own website they cant do anything, this is what folks need to learn.
I didn’t think you could copyright a name or a title?
I hate the way Perez is always writing “Hot” against the nastiest looking guys.
I LOVE PEREZ.
And he isn’t using Paris Hilton’s name. It’s PEREZ HILTON.
Now if he was using ParisHiltondotcom, then I could see where you’re coming from Sandra. The other site was purposely biting his specific style with his blogs name in the title. That I understand!
lol @ krysi!