I couldn’t put out her gospel album, children’s album, or cookbook,” Booker remarked.Īnother count of the complaint seeks to enjoin the presentation of the Festival by The Bob Marley Movement of Jah People, Inc., insisting that that company now change its name. However additional demands were soon made including majority control and requirements that Booker contribute Mama Marley’s likeness, biography, voice, etc. Minto operates the day-to-day business of 56 Hope Road Music Limited, the plaintiff in the lawsuit.Īs time passed, she insisted that a piece of the trademark rights be included in her company, 56 Hope Road, a concept to which Booker and Mama Marley were at first receptive. When Richard Booker told his niece Cedella Marley Minto about his plans for the Mama Marley food line years ago, “she couldn’t have been more enthusiastic or encouraging,” according to Booker. A portion of the line’s profits will go to charity. Booker and his mother were longtime partners in various business ventures.įor example, the Mama Marley food project is an offshoot of the success enjoyed by the several Jamaican restaurants that have operated under the Mama Marley name for years and which made the progression to a retail line of Jamaican inspired foods. in Fort Lauderdale to defend the lawsuit.ĭespite the suit, Booker confirmed his plans to market a line of products based upon his mother Cedella “Mama Marley” Booker’s recipes to continue her legacy. Santucci of the firm of Santucci Priore, P.L. and Richard Booker recently retained trademark/entertainment attorney Michael I. Nonetheless, the defendants, The Bob Marley Movement of Jah People, Inc., The Bob Marley Heritage Corp. Booker said, “This would not have escalated to this point if our mother were still here.” This was the immediate response by Richard Booker, brother of reggae music legend Bob Marley, reacting to a recent lawsuit filed against him by a company owned by his nieces, nephews and sister-in-law in the United States District Court in Miami, Florida. In a press release this is what he said “I am heartbroken by what is happening.”

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