Coachella sues Ghana’s Afrochella over name
Organisers are accused of "actively promoting music events in the United States and in Ghana using the confusingly similar mark 'Afrochella'"
News By James Hanley | 10 October 2022
Goldenvoice and Coachella are suing Ghana’s Afrochella for copyright infringement. Afrochella launched in 2017 and is due to return to El Wak Stadium, near Accra, from 28-29 December with headliners Burna Boy and Stonebwoy.
Goldenvoice and Coachella are suing Ghana’s Afrochella for copyright infringement.
Afrochella launched in 2017 and is due to return to El Wak Stadium, near Accra, from 28-29 December with headliners Burna Boy and Stonebwoy.
However, organisers are accused of “actively promoting music events in the United States and in Ghana using the confusingly similar mark ‘Afrochella’ and by fraudulently attempting to register plaintiffs’ actual trademarks as their own”.
According to a lawsuit filed in the US district court, the defendants “expanded their infringing conduct” into the US this year via the…
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