Just when we thought the battle would be over, Verizon has decided to continue using Bob Marley's ringtones, and pictures as part of their wireless campaign, despite the threat of a law suit for trademark infringement. According to reports, Verizon feels that Universal Music Group should deal with the legal issues because their contract was made with UMG and not the Marley family. A spokeswoman for the company said "[UMG and the Marley family] need to work out their differences. This was not a matter for us, we[Verizon] have done nothing wrong."
In response, Chris Blackwell, the Marley estate representative, expressed that they will continue to follow through on their law suit because of Verizon's decision to not back down. He said, "We are filing the lawsuit because they went back on their word. Verizon said they would take it down and they did. Now they say they are putting it back up, we are filing 100 percent"
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