Ryan Seacrest’s Typo Products Target Of BlackBerry Lawsuit – TORONTO – BlackBerry (TSX:BB) is suing Typo Products, a company co-founded by TV personality Ryan Seacrest, saying that its new iPhone case rips off the famous BlackBerry keyboard. In documents filed in a California court, BlackBerry accused Typo of copying its keyboard design in an effort to capitalize on the smartphone maker’s “commercial recognition and goodwill.” “Typo’s keyboard product has caused and is likely to continue to cause confusion, mistake and deception as to the source of origin of (its) products,” BlackBerry said in the filing. “(It) is likely to falsely suggest a sponsorship, connection, or association between Typo, its products, and its commercial activities with BlackBerry. – Read more at Huffington Post
The Voice’s Jacquie Lee on Adult Emotions, Jack White Jams and ‘Hateful 12-Year-Olds’ — Plus: What Xtina Taught Her About Songwriting – Ladies and gentlemen, make way for “Bertha Cee Lo Green.” Yes indeed, that’s the name The Voice‘s Season 5 runner-up Jacquie Lee says she gave to the elderly woman who lives in her stomach (the same old lady that rival coach Cee Lo Green accused her of swallowing after a rousing rendition of The Jackson 5?s “Who’s Lovin’ You”). Yet while the 16-year-old New Jersey native is quick to joke about her soulful alter-ego, she’s super serious about the education she received on NBC’s reality singing juggernaut. “I basically got five years of music-industry experience packed into one season,” says Lee, who adds that she’s glad she didn’t wait until she was older to audition. ”I feel like now is my time. I’m excited and ready to go. Why not start younger and continue gaining experience?” – Read more at TV Line
What Tessanne Chin’s ‘Voice’ Win Means for the Jamaican Music Scene – In Jamaica, where Tessanne’s dynamic reggae-soul-pop-fusion received scant airplay, her “Voice” victory has engendered great excitement among the music industry and far beyond (see Tweets from Olympic gold-medal winner Usain Bolt, above; and picture with prime minister Portia Simpson Miller, below) and perhaps paved the way for a wider acceptance of local acts outside the dominant dancehall and reggae purview. “Tessanne had reached a ceiling in Jamaica and in humbling herself to take on an American singing competition she made history as the first Jamaican to win,” says Walter Elmore, CEO of Art of Music Productions, promoters of the annual Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, which will be held Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, 2014, at the Trelawny Multi Purpose Stadium. – Read more at Billboard.com
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