Tekashi 6ix9ine lost a battle to trademark his own name.
According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board refused to grant him a trademark for the name 6ix9ine.
He lost the battle because an artist, Warren Hamilton has been using the moniker SIX9 since 2007.
“On September 6, 2022, the TTAB issued a final order sustaining the opposition by Hamilton and refusing the registration of Hernandez’s infringing 6IX9INE mark after Hernandez failed to file an amended answer in the Proceeding and file a response to the Plaintiff’s motion for default in the Proceeding,” Hamilton’s lawyer David Chase LanCarte wrote.
6ix9ine likely hoped to make a huge profit from trademarking his popular rap name…but he’ll have to find another way to cash in.
6ix9ine had evaded being sued previously because they were unable to find him.
“Given the fact that Defendant Hernandez exact whereabouts are unknown as Defendant Hernandez is constantly on the move and has security that surrounds him making personal service practically impossible, Plaintiff’s Hamilton intends to separately file a motion for alternative service, asking this Court for leave to process service upon Defendant Hernandez by personally serving his current counsel Robert Meloni, who has continued to hold himself out to represent Mr. Hernandez in the TTAB Proceeding even though he claims he has not communicated with his client in months and does not know where Mr. Hernandez is located,” he wrote.
