> from www.xbiz.com: – Jill Kelly filed suit Tuesday [last week] in a federal bankruptcy court against Penthouse Digital Media Productions in an attempt to retain the trademark on her name.
Penthouse in April purchased Jill Kelly Productions assets for $1.765 million at a bankruptcy court auction.
In April, those assets included more than 200,000 burned or packaged DVDs as well as 65 unreleased masters, but Kelly maintains that the trademark on her name was not part of the transaction.
“The fight with Penthouse is over who actually owns the rights to the Jill Kelly name,” attorney Aram Ordubegian told XBIZ. “Penthouse believes that since it was allowed to buy everything that the debtor [Kelly] had, then they have that name now, and can use it for marketing or whatever else. But if the debtor did not have title to it, then it belongs to Jill and she can go forward with using it as a stage name.”
Ordubegian represents JKP creditors in the case, and said the outcome will have wide-ranging effects.
“The most pressing part is that it has a lot to do with the URLs that are out there-like JillKelly.com and JillKellyStore.com,” he said. “Obviously Penthouse would want that stuff so that it could control the Internet content and the Internet searches. They could use it to redirect people to their website.”
Ordubegian said that the Jill Kelly name may have been transferred to Penthouse in the bankruptcy sale, “because Jill had an employment contract with the corporation.
“She terminated her employment six or seven months before the bankruptcy was filed, so the issue becomes: Did the termination of the employment contract give her back the right to use her name?”
The case is important to Penthouse because it has been making new movies under the JKP name, and important to Kelly, who wants to use her name on her website.
Calls to Penthouse’s attorney were not returned at post time.
A temporary restraining order hearing on the matter is slated for Nov. 2.
> Sandy Bunz posts on www.pornstarperformance.com: I seldom post on this site– but today I ran across a lame actress that is trouble. Her name is Linda Wellar [pictured] aka Elyssa Anderson. We shot a scene outdoors. I noticed that she was shaking and could not follow orders. The actors Johnny Zen and Buster Good tried their best to make the scene flow— I will include her in the title “Crack Whores + Trailer Trash” She is 100% that.
> Devinn Lane posts on ADT:Hella fun at the Exotic Erotic Ball. A few logistical snafus that only allowed me to take six out of the twenty ladies that signed up for the contest, but nothing really to bitch about. That’s show production.
The girls were awesome and we were relatively drama free. A little story should go out tomorrow on AVN along with a few pics I took. 42 year old Renee was my winner of the MILF Makeover Contest. Can’t wait to get to Jamaica and break off a piece of that.
Everyone looked sexy as hell and I’ve been invited to come back next year and do it again.
Big thanks to the girls: Sydnee Steele, Sunny Lane, Cytherea, Olivia O’Lovely, Sinnamon Love, Kayla Paige, Monica Mayhem, Christina Noir, Syren
And to my sponsors: Exotic Erotic Ball, The Screaming O, Connection Online, Hedonism III, Wet International,Coquette Lingerie.
And last but certainly not least, a big thank you to all the fans that came out to see us.
> matricks writes on ADT regarding news that Devon had signed with Shane’s World: It looks like her bank account has shrunk in recent months. Its the very same person who said she hates working with guys blah blah blah.Now she has changed her mind again. How is SW gonna work with someone whose head is bigger than AYERS ROCK(ULURU). She will miss so many shoots and will wear down their patience. I think someone just needs to find a normal job and leave porn to real performers like Tory LANE,Sandra Romain etc.
>astroknight writes: I can’t help but have mixed feelings on this. On one side it seems like a great fit with Devon’s party girl attitude and Shane’s World’s feel. On the other side is looking at how long people like Von Swine and Devinn Lane lasted there with the same feeling and what appears to be a lot stronger work ethic…
> posted on avn.com: CHATSWORTH, CA – Red Light District today signed performer-director Mandingo to an exclusive contract.
Under the deal, Mandingo will perform and direct in one release per month for Red Light and its other labels, Platinum X and Candy Shop, the company said.
“Mandingo is one of the most noted names in the industry and has one of the biggest schlongs,” said Ralph Ceglia, executive vice president, referring to his 14-inch member.
Mandingo’s first release will be in January, titled “Mandingo’s Dick Puppet”. The cast has not been announced yet.
Mandingo joined the industry in 1999, starring in a number of videos for Rodney Moore, such as “Brothers Cumm 21”, “Rodney’s Birthday Blast” and others before starring in West Coast Productions’ long-running series “Chasing the Big Ones” and “Black Booty”, along with scores of other recent titles for Red Light.