Guns N Roses sue shop selling guns and roses, Axl Rose vows to stop throwing microphones

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Guns N Roses are suing a Texas firearms store for trademark infringement because they don’t want their name to be associated with… erm, guns.Texas Guns And Roses has been selling guns and (yep) roses for at least the last eight years – having filed to register the name as a trademark in 2014.

The operation is owned by Jersey Village Florists (hence the roses) in Houston, Texas.The band say that they have sent several cease and desist letters to the store over the years, and have also filed a petition to have the retailer’s trademark cancelled, all to no avail.The band now say that they have no choice but to sue, because otherwise it is clear that the “defendant will continue to use … the Guns N Roses mark or marks confusingly similar thereto, and will cause irreparable damage to GNR”.The apparent association between the band and shop is “particularly damaging” because of the “nature of defendant’s business”, the lawsuit confirms.Although they also add that the Texas Guns And Roses website carries a news section reporting on US second amendment related stories, in which “defendant espouses political views related to the regulation and control of firearms and weapons on the website that may be polarising to many US consumers”.Guns N Roses are seeking a judgement that their trademark has been infringed; an injunction preventing the store from using its current name; the cancellation of the store’s own trademark; and some damages.This move has seemingly already had the desired effect, with the Texas Guns And Roses website now offline.Elsewhere in Guns N Roses news, frontman Axl Rose has apologised to a fan and said that – after 30 years of doing so – he will stop throwing his microphone into the audience at the end of his.