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Monday August 14, 2006 8:06 pm

Rock Star: Supernova Being Sued

Rock Star: Supernova Apparently, there is an existing Southern California band that goes by the name of Supernova who have been around since the late 1980s. The band is fighting to keep the name and has asked a federal judge for an injunction against the band that Rock Star: Supernova is creating with its talent contest on ABC. Just to show that the existing Supernova (confused yet?) are no schlubs, they have performed on the Warped Tour and have a song on the Clerks soundtrack. The band has tried to reach a settlement with the CBS series’ bandmates and producer Mark Burnett Productions, but since there have been no agreements reached, the band filed the injunction request to further prevent the CBS Supernova from recording or performing with that band name. And the war wages on—the plaintiffs’ attorney said they were left with no options but to seek the injunction, while Burnett’s camp says Mark Burnett Productions “has the full legal right to use the name Supernova.”

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