Sugababes are being sued ... by Keisha

[Tom]

Over rights to the name. If she wins, looks like its the end for them :joker:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a205800/buchanan-sues-over-sugababes-name.html

[Beastie]

Lolll anything for money!

[Maia]

Keisha ftw!

They need to change the name before they defame the Sugababes any further.

[Jords]

Keisha is awful.

[MarkWaldorf]

she's vile.

[M X]

loll

[ILoveTRW]

i sure you were all calling heidi the bitch a couple of months ago

[Firewire]

Failsha.

[Adamw92]

Go on there Keisha!

For the past few weeks, I can't tell you how many times i've seen the Sugababes bring up the whole line up change thing, they're not moving on yet people are saying Keisha needs to move on when she decides to sue them over the name, 1 rule for them and another for her?

Keisha FTW!

[Jack_]

Rightly so, too.

[Stacey.]

:bored: i like Keisha, but thats just out of order!

[Iceman]

She's in the right to do this.

[Jords]

i sure you were all calling heidi the bitch a couple of months ago

Nope always like Heidi!

[xDramatick]

What a bitch.
I don't care who came up with the name, IMO, the name is passed on with each re-invention. This is by far the best line-up, and although there's no original members, I don't think it really matters. Heidi has been in the band longer than Siobhan + Mutya have, what a blow to her. If the company decided to wipe out the members and replace them with 3 new ones, I'd understand but it was a gradual process, each new member being recruited and earning their right to the name, which I believe all three girls have done.

This just shows how bitter and vile Keisha is. She bullied Siobhan, she bullied Heidi, Heidi & Amelle even wanted to quit the band because of her, and this resulted in her eventual departure. It's karma. She got booted out as a result of her own actions, and there's clearly no dignity there whatsoever.

Even though she's not a part of the Sugababes anymore, she's still causing them drama.

[Beastie]

What a bitch.
I don't care who came up with the name, IMO, the name is passed on with each re-invention. This is by far the best line-up, and although there's no original members, I don't think it really matters. Heidi has been in the band longer than Siobhan + Mutya have, what a blow to her. If the company decided to wipe out the members and replace them with 3 new ones, I'd understand but it was a gradual process, each new member being recruited and earning their right to the name, which I believe all three girls have done.

This just shows how bitter and vile Keisha is. She bullied Siobhan, she bullied Heidi, Heidi & Amelle even wanted to quit the band because of her, and this resulted in her eventual departure. It's karma. She got booted out as a result of her own actions, and there's clearly no dignity there whatsoever.

Even though she's not a part of the Sugababes anymore, she's still causing them drama.

This.

[Jessica.]

They should change their name to
The Glucosechicks

[Patrick]

Good on her.

They were on TV today 'Top 20 Sugababes tunes'

And it was presented by the new Sugababes I LOLed at how **** their new songs are compared to the 2005 ones when they were the original line up.

The group is **** now, they are fools, trying to be somthing there not, calling themselfs the Sugababes when no one thinks of them as that.

Mutya was the best of them all.

Its went down hill, they should just give up now and call it a day.

Bring back the Originals.

[Maia]

They should change their name to
The Glucosechicks

:laugh2:

:bored: i like Keisha, but thats just out of order!

It's not out of order, she's doing the right thing. They didn't come up with the name "Sugababes", they acquired it, and now they're defaming it with the preposterous new style of music they're coming out with. If they want to make rubbish music, they shouldn't do it under someone else's name.

[Tom4784]

I think the 'Sugababes' should rebrand themselves anyway, nobody really sees them as the Sugababes and there's too much negativity now attached to the name. I'm on Keisha's side really, I sympathise with Heidi but Keisha has more of a right to that name then anyone in the group past or present.

[Ross]

I've always been Team Keisha. I don't really care if they don't keep Sugababes - they need to rebrand themself anyway as there are no original lefts and I thought a fresh name would be good, as the name Sugababes now has alot of sadness over it.

[andybigbro]

What a complete bitch. Lost ALL respect for her now. Hope her career flops, Stupid cow.

[Patrick]

:bored: i like Keisha, but thats just out of order!

No shes not.

Lets say..

Jedward, are singing and dancing one day and then Edward says oh **** it I cba with this anymore and leaves.. so John sings with a new boy called Derek.

They still keep the name Jedward, and then 2 years later John leaves the group..

Derek is now joined by someone called Josh.

Derek and Josh continue to sing, under the name Jedward.. John and Edward are pissed off.

Surley it wouldnt be out of order, that John and Edward are angry?

Just as it isnt here.
Its copyright basically init.

[Firewire]

No shes not.

Lets say..

Jedward, are singing and dancing one day and then Edward says oh **** it I cba with this anymore and leaves.. so John sings with a new boy called Derek.

They still keep the name Jedward, and then 2 years later John leaves the group..

Derek is now joined by someone called Josh.

Derek and Josh continue to sing, under the name Jedward.. John and Edward are pissed off.

Surley it wouldnt be out of order?

Just as it isnt here.
Its copyright basically init.

That wouldn't happen though.

Sugababes is completely different.

Sugababes doesn't belong to Keisha, therefore she has no right to sue them.

[Twilight]

Tbh she came up with the name, so yeah the name belongs to her.

[Braden]

I dunno why she is doing that. It's just proving the allegations of here being a bully and bitch to be true.I thought she was going to prove to the sugababes she did not need them anyway by being solo.

[Ross]

She can still prove that ^ she has every right to sue them, she came up with the name and the way she was FORCED out of the band was stupid. If she had left herself, then I think it'd be stupid to sue them but she was forced out so I don't blame her.

[Tom4784]

That wouldn't happen though.

Sugababes is completely different.

Sugababes doesn't belong to Keisha, therefore she has no right to sue them.

It's still a valid example though (I'm defending Patrick, WHAT BLUE HELL HAVE I STUMBLED INTO?!).

the issue is about the name which she came up with, and the group is basically hers as she founded it with Mutya.

[Braden]

I think Sugababes 4.0 suits them.

[Loukas]

What a bitch.
I don't care who came up with the name, IMO, the name is passed on with each re-invention. This is by far the best line-up, and although there's no original members, I don't think it really matters. Heidi has been in the band longer than Siobhan + Mutya have, what a blow to her. If the company decided to wipe out the members and replace them with 3 new ones, I'd understand but it was a gradual process, each new member being recruited and earning their right to the name, which I believe all three girls have done.

This just shows how bitter and vile Keisha is. She bullied Siobhan, she bullied Heidi, Heidi & Amelle even wanted to quit the band because of her, and this resulted in her eventual departure. It's karma. She got booted out as a result of her own actions, and there's clearly no dignity there whatsoever.

Even though she's not a part of the Sugababes anymore, she's still causing them drama.

This!!

[Patrick]

That wouldn't happen though.

Sugababes is completely different.

Sugababes doesn't belong to Keisha, therefore she has no right to sue them.

The name does.

[Shaun]

Fair enough really. The name 'Sugababes' used to mean something good - until Mutya left anyway.

[Braden]

The sue could amount to millions of pounds !?

[Patrick]

Fair enough really. The name 'Sugababes' used to mean something good - until Mutya left anyway.

This.

[Arneldo]

She has every right oo. She was forced out of a group that she formed, a group that she was part of for over 10 years.

[Callum]

I can see why she's doing it and I have no objection over it neither. When I think of the Sugababes I always picture them with Keisha in, now that she's not they don't seem like the Sugababes. None of them are original members.

[Beastie]

They could change their name to.. the sugapussies.

[MarkWaldorf]

She actually doesn't have rights to the band just because she made up the name. That's like saying Cheryl owns Girls Aloud because she made up the name. (she didn't, i'm just trying to make an example of it) The only people with rights to the band are the record labels and management.

Joss Whedon created the name 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', but because a small company had rights in the 90's they're now making a movie with the same name and Joss Whedon will not be involved.

If another label formed a girl group with the name 'Sugababes', it'd probably be an offence.

[GhettoSuperstar]

I don't know why anyone is defending that BINT.

She's a bully and a bint.

Big ****ing bint.

[Shaun]

If this was any other profession - a situation where an employee responsible for a brand's success is just ousted from the company unfairly and behind his/her back - there would be a lawsuit. It's just desserts on the management, really.

[MrGaryy]

well she's just totally ruined her chances of solo success by making her seem completely unlikable and bitter. total bitch.

[xDramatick]

If this was any other profession - a situation where an employee responsible for a brand's success is just ousted from the company unfairly and behind his/her back - there would be a lawsuit. It's just desserts on the management, really.

Hmm..
I've just been doing some digging around online.
It seems that when the band was initially formed between Mutya + Siobhan, the management company branded them 'Sugababies'. Keisha joined later after a recording studio session and the name was later edited to 'Sugababes'.
Keisha claimed in 2006 that 'Sugababy' was her nickname as a teen and that's where the name came from but this is apparently false.

[Tom]

I think Heidi is very much a Sugababe, they wouldn't have had their success if it wasn't for her