Boing Boing has a story or two on Yoko Ono opposing (musician and Suicide Girl) Lennon Murphy's trademark on the name "Lennon" for musical performances (which she has owned since 2003). This is not Ono suing Murphy, merely her asking that the Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) cancel the trademark. Ono is basing her petition on ownership of the trademark "John Lennon" that she owns for eyewear, paper products, and tote bags (PDF of the petition for cancellation here.)
Not surprisingly, Ono filed her petition on 1/18/2008, just before Murphy's mark would have hit the 5 year mark (it was registered 1/21/2003). After 5 years an owner of a mark can submit an affidavit to the PTO commissioner that makes the mark incontestable.
I suppose there's a possibility of confusion here, but how many people when seeing that a band named Lennon is playing somewhere would think that it involves John Lennon these days?
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