{"id":163297,"date":"2018-05-10T12:44:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163297"},"modified":"2018-05-10T12:44:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:44:10","slug":"dr-dre-loses-trademark-claim-against-dr-drai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/10\/dr-dre-loses-trademark-claim-against-dr-drai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dre loses trademark claim against &#8216;Dr. Drai&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163298\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/534089_10150782872510148_1280295610_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163298\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/534089_10150782872510148_1280295610_n.jpg\" alt=\"The rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, objected to the trademark application of a Pennsylvania gynecologist whose nickname is spelled differently but sounds the same. Dr. Draion M. Burch's website advertises that he's a sex expert,\u201dobgyn and media personality.\u201d (Photo: Dr Dre\/Facebook)\" width=\"315\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/534089_10150782872510148_1280295610_n.jpg 315w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/534089_10150782872510148_1280295610_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/534089_10150782872510148_1280295610_n-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, objected to the trademark application of a Pennsylvania gynecologist whose nickname is spelled differently but sounds the same. Dr. Draion M. Burch&#8217;s website advertises that he&#8217;s a sex expert,\u201dobgyn and media personality.\u201d<br \/>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrDre\/photos\/a.494482850147.300419.117342865147\/10150782872510148\/?type=1&amp;theater\">Photo: Dr Dre\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 Dr. Dre has lost his trademark fight against Dr. Drai.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, objected to the trademark application of a Pennsylvania gynecologist whose nickname is spelled differently but sounds the same. Dr. Draion M. Burch&#8217;s website advertises that he&#8217;s a sex expert,\u201dobgyn and media personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burch goes by a shortened version of his first name and applied to register it as a trademark. The rapper objected, saying the public would be confused and assume a connection between him and the gynecologist.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has disagreed, saying consumers will be able to distinguish between the two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 Dr. Dre has lost his trademark fight against Dr. Drai. The rapper, whose real name is Andre Young, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":163298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50766,50765,50767],"class_list":["post-163297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dr-drai","tag-dr-dre","tag-trademark-claim","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}