Judge: Rucci can use Hotel California name

March 30, 2015 at 10:55p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Sebastian Rucci can continue — for now — to retain the “Hotel California” name for his hotel in Austintown.

U.S. District Court Judge John R. Adams today denied a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction filed by Richard A. Butler III and Ocean Avenue Properties LLC.

Butler and Ocean Avenue say they have the right to “The Hotel California” trademark. Butler operates The Hotel California — a name popularized in song during the 1970s by The Eagles band — in Santa Monica, Calif.

Rucci said tonight he was pleased with the judge’s decision, and that it was a wise one. “We will put in a disclaimer” saying his hotel is not tied to the operation in California.

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