Former Journey member Steve Perry drops trademark lawsuit against ex-bandmates

Perry first filed the lawsuit in September of last year, requesting that ex-bandmates Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain be prevented from using the band’s song trademarks on any official merchandise

Former Journey frontman Steve Perry has withdrawn the lawsuit against his ex-bandmates over the trademarks to 20 of the group’s biggest songs.

In September of last year, Perry – who exited Journey in 1998 after serving as its lead singer for a decade – filed a lawsuit against Freedom JN LLC. The filing requested that the company, which holds the band’s trademarks and is headed by Journey members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, be prevented from using the trademarks on any official apparel or merchandise.

Included in the company’s holdings were the trademarks to the Journey singles ‘Any Way You Want It’, ‘Open Arms’ and ‘Separate Ways’, among many others. Perry’s original lawsuit claimed that he, Schon and Cain had agreed to reach unanimous consent on any business decisions related to the trademarks, a condition which Perry claimed was not met at the time of filing.

Now, Schon has taken to Twitter to reveal that Perry has withdrawn the 2022 lawsuit, sharing screenshots of the cancellation filing on Saturday (January 7). “No more lawsuit with Steve,” Schon wrote in the accompanying caption. “Time to talk”. The attached documents outline that Perry “filed a withdrawal” of the lawsuit on January 4, 2023, and that he cannot relaunch the suit since it was “denied with prejudice”.

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Former Journey member Steve Perry drops trademark lawsuit against ex-bandmates