Miles Davis’s Trademark Owners Sue New York’s Miles’ Cafe
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The owners of the late jazz trumpeter Miles Davis’s trademarks sued the operators of a Manhattan jazz club called Miles’ Cafe alleging infringement.
Miles Davis Properties LLC, which includes two of Davis’s children and a nephew, said today the club and an owner, Satoru “Miles” Kobayashi, violated registered trademarks including one of a silhouette of the musician and composer playing his trumpet, in a complaint in federal court in Manhattan.