Friars' Club East Coast/West Coast Turf War Ends
It’s all good, clean fun when comedians of a certain age squabble. Although the Friars’ Club ceased to be relevant way back in the Blazing Saddles era (roasting Steven Segal, Kelsey Grammer and Danny Aiello three years in a row? Seriously?), they’ve also been involved in a legal squabble against the California-based Friars of Beverly Hills over rights to the name.
Nikki Finke obtained a statement from Howard Rubinstein‘s firm (of course) that confirms the New York Friars’ Club now has court-approved rights to the name:
“In short,” the Court ruled, “Defendants are using a mark (used by The Friars Club for over a hundred years) to identify a social club that is for all intents and purposes modeled after Plaintiff’s historic club.”
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