Another reason to hate Don Henley

[Dave W]

What a douchetard!

[Nocturnal]

He just seems like a complete dick.

[Basvarken]

An unpleasant man (to put it mildly)

[Highlander]

Great voice, imo, but not someone I'd like living next door...

[nofi]

[Lightyear]

I've long thought this and he goes and reaffirms it - King Douche 

[Dave W]

The article in Music Times quotes a spokesperson: ""One would think that the people in charge of marketing for these corporations would have learned by now that U.S. law forbids trading on the name of a celebrity without permission from that celebrity."

That spokesman may be even more ignorant than Henley.

Famous people can trademark their names, as Henley has done. This is to prevent impostors from using their names. The trademark applies to the class in which it's applied for (i.e. the entertainment industry in his case). No way a clothing company making a pun infringes that trademark. As for "take it easy" -- besides the fact that Henley didn't write or sing it -- you can only copyright the content of a song. You can't copyright or trademark a title.

I hope the publicity from this helps Duluth Trading, who just opened a retail store a few blocks from me. It's just too bad they'll have to hire attorneys and spend money to make these half-assed bastards go away.

[lowend1]

I think it was Uwe that once referred to him as a "sourpuss". Truer words were never spoken. I hope Duluth uses his visage in one of their commercials for comfy underpants.

[westen44]

I like all those Duluth commercials.  After seeing that Showtime documentary on the Eagles, I don't like Henley.  Simple as that. 

[uwe]

Sounds exactly like him, he's one of those people who takes himself achingly serious, should have become a lawyer. Colleagues like that always provoke me to constantly take the piss on them. You'd think that someone with his talent and success would be a bit more relaxed about himself, but some people's minds stay small even if they have done great things.

"Don a henley and take it easy ..." - that is not only a harmlessly funny pun, but - save for the pun effect which could have worked with any famous name that is also a product name - it doesn't capitalize on his Eagles fame at all, never mind that he not only did not sing lead on Take it Easy, but that he also didn't write it. It was Jackson Browne (and Glenn Frey). No one is going to buy a "henley" and believe the product has anything to do with (much less is endorsed by) him, I can't believe that Henley's legal case has legs to stand upon.

He must have a bad PR advisor. He should have talked him out of it.

[Dave W]

Techdirt has more: Don Henley Sues Clothing Retailer Over Its Use Of Common English Words

[uwe]

How embarrassing.

[66Atlas]

He needs to team up with Rickenbacker on a signature model. 

[uwe]

Something tells me that Glenn Frey wouldn't be caught making an idiot move like that.

[gearHed289]

I've seen Joe Walsh use a Glenn Frey Ric for slide work.