Ronn Moss says he will continue to perform 70s hit Baby Come Back even though his band Player is in a lawsuit
The Seventies band Player had the massive hit Baby Come Back, but then they split up.
And now one of the top members of the band, Ronn Moss, is suing another, Peter Beckett, for trying to take the name Player all for himself, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
But on Thursday 66-year-old Moss told DailyMail.com from Europe - where he is preparing for his fall tour and recording new music - that he is not letting it hold him back: 'I will be adding Baby Come Back to my solo tour in Europe and Australia later this year,' he said.
He wants it to be fair: Player had the massive hit Baby Come Back, but then they split up. And now one of the top members of the band, Ronn Moss (pictured), is suing another, Peter Beckett, for trying to take the band name Player all for himself; seen in 2016
The band: A look at Player in 1991; the members seen here are (L-R) Peter Beckett, John Friesen, Moss and John Charles Crowley
Moss is probably best known for starring for years on the popular soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful. He is married to former Playboy model and Prince's ex-girlfriend Devin Devasquez.
Player first came together in Los Angeles nearly five decades ago.
The original members included Beckett (vocals, guitar), John Charles Crowley (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Moss (vocals, bass), and John Friesen (drums).
In the first three weeks of 1978, their single Baby Come Back occupied the number one position on the national pop charts. Player was voted to the Billboard Magazine honor roll of Top New Singles artist of 1978.
On stage in better days: Moss, left, and Beckett, right, in New York City in 1977
Reunion: Beckett, left, and Moss, right, on stage at the Rock The Yacht at Mayo Performing Arts Center in 2015 in Morristown, New Jersey
Now that they are no longer working together, the name Player is up for grabs because the trademark was abandoned.
Moss and Beckett were two of the founding members.
According to a new trademark lawsuit, the band members applied jointly to register the Player mark with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
Moss is now suing Beckett, alleging in a complaint filed in California federal court that the latter has 'unlawfully sought to seize Player for himself,' stated the Reporter.
'Secretly, Beckett registered the PLAYER trademark without informing Moss, and in so doing willfully deceived the USPTO into issuing the registration to him alone with false declarations that he was the mark's sole owner,' it read in the complaint.
On TV too: Moss is probably best known for starring for years on the popular soap opera The Bold And The Beautiful; seen here with Joanna Johnson in 1987
On set: Ronn with Clayton Norcross on the hit soap opera in the 1980s
'Further, in recent months, Beckett has excluded Moss from live performances and yet continued using the PLAYER trademark to identify his services.'
He is seeking damages, injunctive relief and cancellation of Beckett's trademark registration.
The action is being handled by Kinsella Weitzman attorneys David Swift and Gregory Korn.
The lawyers have also worked with Jefferson Starship on a similar case.
His wife: The star with Devin Devasquez, a former Playboy cover girl and the ex of the late singer Prince, in 2016 in LA
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