Judicial decision in favor of Matías Morla and the sisters of Diego Maradona

In a never-ending story about the legal battle for the brand of Diego Maradona In this regard, the Federal Court of the Southern District of Florida, in the United States, ruled in favor Matia Morla and the sisters of El Diez, shareholders of the company Sattvica SA, for which the heirs will not be able, from now on, to market the brand or promote products with the father’s name.

According to the opinion, Coolulu LTD and the Diez heiresses have to reinstate the Facebook and Instagram profile of Sattvica SA. The ban on profiting from Diego’s brand includes the DM10 e-commerce site or elsewhere.

It should be remembered that it was Matías Morla who At the time, he filed a lawsuit for “embezzlement” of Diego’s Facebook and Instagram page, from where they not only promoted products with his name and image, but also announced the signing of contracts. In this way the heirs will have to return the social networks and will not be able to promote Maradona products.

With this ruling, the US Federal Supreme Court returned to Diego’s lawyer and sisters the domains of all of the star’s accounts, as well as ownership and exploitation of the Diez brand and image. The sentence bears the signature of Cecilia Altonaga, judge of the American Court.

“The accused are limited and prohibited: use the ‘MARADONA’ trademark in any way, make a false denomination of origindescription, representation or suggestion that the Defendants are the source, the owners, of the MARADONA brand “, reads the sentence.

And he adds that “Defendants must surrender immediately and otherwise surrender control to the plaintiff the ‘Maradona’ profile page maintained on the Instagram platform, as well as the website and domain www.dm10.com “.

According to Morla, after Maradona’s death, the heirs “appropriated” the official accounts of Diez. At first they served as a “homage” but were later transformed into a stained glass windowwith more than six million followers, to offer products with the Maradona brand and image.

Diego Maradona’s wish came true

Also this decisive sentence of the North American Supreme Body of Justice validates the transfer of the trademark which was carried out on March 30, 2016 and which was registered not only in Argentina but also in the United States. Furthermore, specialists believe that this ruling sets a precedent for the cases still pending in Argentina.

Secondly, this phrase does nothing but satisfy Maradona’s desire in lifewho has given the rights of his image and his brand to his lawyer, partner and friend Matías Morla, with the commitment to take care of his sisters too, especially so that they do not lack anything from an economic aspect.

It is noteworthy that recently Argentine justice had rejected the request of the lawyer Federico Guntin in the first and second instance (representative of Dalma and Giannina) to intervene in the company Sattvica SA and to impose precautionary measures.

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