Canadians Who Run Todos Santos Hotel California Reject the Eagles’ Trademark Claims Daniel Kreps - RollingStone
go to original June 2, 2017

There may be “plenty of room” at the Hotel California in Todos Santos, Mexico, but The Eagles aren’t checking in any time soon (Hotel California Todos Santos/Facebook)

The owners of Hotel California, a hotel located in Todos Santos, Mexico, have responded to the Eagles' "meritless" trademark infringement lawsuit with an answer to the band's complaint.

In Hotel California Baja LLC's counterclaim, where they "vigorously" deny any wrongdoing, the owners of the hotel point out that the Hotel California has operated under that name since 1950, or 26 years before the Eagles' classic 1976 single.

"The Hotel California and its affiliates have for many years owned Mexican and U.S. trademark applications and registrations for the trademark Hotel California for its goods and services, and claim no association with the Eagles, with their song 'Hotel California' or with their record album of the same name released in 1976," the owners noted.

"Although for the past four decades Eagles, Ltd. appears to have taken no action whatsoever to protect Hotel California as a trademark, Eagles suddenly contended for the first time in 2017 that Hotel California Baja has been infringing Eagles’ purported 'common law' trademark rights."

"The Eagles' legal complaint spells out how the defendants have been shamelessly exploiting their supposed connection with the Eagles to sell unlicensed 'Hotel California' merchandise to unwitting tourists," a spokesperson for the band tells Rolling Stone. "Confronted with their wrongdoing, defendants now say they 'claim no association with the Eagles' whatsoever. The facts demonstrate otherwise, and the Eagles look forward to putting an end to defendants' deceptive and unlawful conduct."

An attorney for Hotel California did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

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