Lady A fight back against Lady A’s attempt to have trademark battle moved to Washington court

completemusicupdate.com:

Lady A(ntebellum) have asked a Nashville court to block attempts by Lady A(nita White) to have a trademark case over their shared name moved to Washington.

The band argue that White has failed to show any good reasons to move the case to her home state.In a court filing this week, the band criticise White for first filing a “coercive” countersuit against them, and then arguing for their initial lawsuit against her to be moved to Washington.

They argue that the case should stay in Tennessee, “where the lion’s share of [the band’s] commercialisation of the Lady A mark originates”.“Ms White fails to make a sufficient showing to justify transfer”, they say. “The majority of the parties are in Tennessee, and some of Ms White’s potential.