Heirs of the Jamaican superstar Bob Marley are plunging into the global trademark war, seeking to enforce their exclusive rights to an image that has grown steadily since the reggae legend died of brain cancer in 1981 at the age of 36.
The Marley name, look and sound are estimated to generate about $600m a year in sales of unlicensed wares. Legal sales are much smaller – just $4m in 2007, according to Forbes magazine.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/01/marley-heirs-fight-trademark-pirates
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