The people sit expectantly with barely a whisper between them. The lawyer added that it 'the Hotel claims no association with the Eagles or with song and record album Hotel California.' It said in court documents that it is 'not likely' that there would be 'confusion, deception or mistake' about whether it was linked to the Eagles.įunnily enough, the band itself was accused of using the photo on the cover of Hotel California without permission, according the BBC.The stadium is dark and although packed with people, strangely quiet. According to a statement from the hotel's lawyer, 'the Hotel and its affiliates will continue to use the service mark and trademark 'Hotel California' in Mexico.' (After the hotel filed an application, the band filed one of its own.)īecause the agreement is confidential, it's not clear whether the hotel will continue to sell Hotel California merchandise. The Eagles argue that, because Hotel California is so widely associated with the rock band and used on its merchandise, it has owned it by 'common law rights' since the late 1970s. The Eagles had not previously filed an application to trademark the phrase. Patent and Trademark Office that it was abandoning its trademark application. While the terms of the parties' mutual agreement haven't been made public, it happened less than a week after the hotel told the U.S.

The Mexico-based hotel also filed an application in 2015 to trademark the phrase 'Hotel California' in the U.S., and according to the complaint was selling 'substantial' Hotel California merchandise in the U.S. But according to court documents, its name had been changed, to Todos Santos Hotel, before it was bought in 2001 and branded again as Hotel California. In fact, the hotel was originally named Hotel California in 1950, predating the song. 'Such a designation only makes sense,' the plaintiffs wrote in their complaint, if the hotel is 'somehow connected with the Eagles' famous and legendary song, which it is not.' In court documents, the rock band claims that the song, from the album of the same name, wafts through the lobby, while merchandise in the gift shop describes it as the 'legendary' hotel. The Eagles accused the Hotel California, located on the Baja California peninsula, of trying to trick visitors into thinking that it is one and the same as the 'lovely place' of its most-successful song. The settlement's terms were not disclosed. The rock band sued the Mexico-based hotel, which shares a name with the band's iconic 1976 song, resulting in a settlement Thursday. The Hotel California was, according to a case filed against it by legendary rock band The Eagles, living it up a little too much. Members of rock group The Eagles perform during a concert at Moscow's Olympic Stadium in 2001 to star their European tour.

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