Edd’s MANtra: The Name Game

Man, you can get sued for anything these days. Even your name.

Annoying pop singer Katy Perry has allegedly fired shots at clothing designer Katie Perry, according to music-news.com:

Australian fashion designer Katie Perry has been issued a cease-and-desist order by Katy Perry

and her label EMI. EMI wants to block the designer from using a “similar name” to Perry’s.

Though the Katie Perry clothing line began two years before Katy Perry broke onto the national scene, Perry did not secure a trademark for the name.

Interestingly, the designer’s

real name is Katie Jane Perry, while Katy was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson.

So a woman, whose real name isn’t even Katy, wants a lady, whose real name IS Katie, to stop using her name. Too bad Johnnie Cochrane is no longer with us, Snoop Dogg would have him all over Charlie Brown n’ dem by now.

I wish I was a celebrity. Must be nice to be so bored that you have time to fret about such simple-minded things. I’m too busy trying not to get laid off to deal with that.

In her defense, this seems more like Perry’s record label being snotty. In fact, rumor is that the singer didn’t even know about this.

You know what would make my day? Kate Hudson should issue a cease-and-desist order to Ms. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson for her “similar name.”