The band is suing a Mexican hotel over trademark issues
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The Eagles are suing the owners of a hotel in Mexico for naming it “Hotel California,”the name of one of band’s most, if not the most, popular song, without their permission.
According to Reuters, the band members filed the lawsuit claiming that owners of the 11-room Todos Santos hotel in Baja California Sur “actively encourage” guests to believe that the hotel is associated with the band in a bid to sell merchandise and make the guests feel at ease.
The hotel has allegedly been playing “Hotel California” and other Eagles songs in the background and has applied with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register the name “Hotel California”.
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“Defendants lead U.S. consumers to believe that the Todos Santos Hotel is associated with the Eagles and, among other things, served as the inspiration for the lyrics in ‘Hotel California,’ which is false,” the complaint read.
The hotel was named Hotel California when it opened in 1950 but underwent a series of name changes before a Canadian couple, John and Debbie Stewart, bought it in 2001 and started using its original name.
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