Charter Communications is being sued by a Tampa Bay, Florida-based video production company over the use of the name “Spectrum.”
Spectrum, of course, is the brand Charter has given its service as it integrates its purchases of Time Warner Cable and the Florida-situated Bright House Networks.
Spectrum Video, meanwhile, is as 28-year-old production company that has overseen show production for ABC, BBC, National Geographic, Animal Planet and other TV network clients.
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Charter filed for and received 22 trademark registrations that include the word “Spectrum,” but the Tampa video company wants a federal court to roll them all back.
“We’ve been communicating with Charter about this issue, but the confusion continues, so we’ve been left with no choice but to file this lawsuit,” said Spectrum Video lawyer James Lake, in a statement provided to the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
“We want Charter to stop using our 28-year-old Spectrum name and to compensate us for the harm it’s doing our business,” he added.
Charter representatives didn’t immediately respond to FierceCable’s inquiry for comment.