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Pharrell Accused of ‘Fraudulently’ Filing for Neptunes Trademarks Without Chad Hugo

Chad Hugo has accused his friend and production partner Pharrell Williams of filing trademark applications for the Neptunes without consulting him.

The goal here was to make sure a third party doesn’t get a hold of the trademark and to guarantee Chad and Pharrell share in ownership and administration.” (A lawyer for Hugo did not return Rolling Stone ’s request for comment.) Interestingly, their most recent credits came in 2022, the same year Williams and his company allegedly filed the trademark applications without consulting Hugo. That year, they worked on music for Rosalía, Omar Apollo, and Brent Faiyaz; they were also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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