Band Jellyroll and country singer Jelly Roll agree on name dispute – NBC10 Philadelphia

The Jellyroll vs. Jelly Roll lawsuit no longer exists.

The law firm representing popular Delaware County wedding band Jellyroll announced Tuesday, July 9, 2024, that bandleader Kurt Titchenell has settled an intellectual property claim against country music star Jelly Roll.

The band Jellyroll (no space) had a problem with the name of Grammy-nominated singer Jelly Roll (space).

“The dispute with Jason Bradley DeFord, aka Jelly Roll, has been settled and the lawsuit withdrawn,” Titchenell said in a press release from Blue Bell-based law firm Flamm Walton Heimbach. “We look forward to continuing to use the Jellyroll Band name in connection with our party band business.”

The band sued the singer on April 8, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

It was not immediately clear whether Jelly Roll had a comment on the settlement.

What did Jellyroll allege in the original lawsuit?

The band has been performing locally and nationally since 1980, and bandleader Titchenell trademarked the band’s name in 2010, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The band is still active. “The Jellyroll Band performs at over 100 exclusive weddings, social, charitable and corporate events annually,” the law firm said in a statement.

DeFord began using the nickname “Jelly Roll” in performances around 2010, the lawsuit says. In March, DeFord applied to trademark “Jelly Roll” for use on clothing, according to a trademark application.

In the lawsuit, the band claimed that the singer’s recent fame confused people and caused the band to be listed lower in Google search results.

“Before Defendant’s recent level of fame, a search of the name Jellyroll on most search engines, particularly Google, would yield references to Plaintiff,” the complaint states. “Today, such a search on Google yields multiple references to Defendant, possibly as many as 18-20 references, before a reference to Plaintiff’s entertainment dance band known as Jellyroll® can be found.”

At the end of February, the band had sent the country singer a cease and desist letter through a lawyer asking him to stop using the name.