Kanye West’s lawsuit against Australia burger shop formally dismissed

nme.com:

Kanye West‘s lawsuit against an Australian burger bar has been dismissed in Federal Court.The rapper filed the suit last October, claiming Victoria burger joint College Dropout Burgers and its owner Mark Elkhouri were using the name of his 2004 album debut, ‘The College Dropout’, without his permission.West also alleged that the branding constituted misleading and deceptive conduct, and that the bar was attempting to profit by false association with the star and his brand.As the Herald Sun reports, Ye’s case was thrown out by the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne today (March 3).

Elkhouri’s lawyers told the court that West had failed to respond to them on multiple occasions, and had “no genuine interest in this proceeding”.Lawyer Craig Smith sought to have the suit dismissed on three grounds related to non-compliance with court procedures.Justice Shaun McElwaine agreed with Smith, saying that West had “commenced proceedings with all guns blazing” only not to take a “step thereafter”.The court heard that the ‘Donda’ artist’s initial legal team had withdrawn from the case.

Neither the plaintiff nor his new, US-based lawyer were present in court today, according to ABC.One issue at hand was a security payment that Elkhouri’s team requested West pay as part of the proceedings.

However, Smith claimed that they had not yet received a formal response.Justice Shaun McElwaine said this was “very unsatisfactory conduct” on the rapper’s part.