Selena Quintanilla‘s sister, Suzette Quintanilla, is suing Chinese e-commerce company Shein over unlicensed merchandise bearing Selena’s name and likeness.

In the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday (March 11) in U.S. District Court in California, Quintanilla accuses Shein — a Nanjing, China-based global e-commerce giant known for selling low-cost clothing and accessories — of manufacturing and selling “countless t-shirts and other merchandise” with Selena’s name, likeness and identity without permission or compensation.

According to the lawsuit, Quintanilla’s company, Q Productions, sent Shein a cease and desist in August, outlining its rights as the owner of the Selena trademarks. Despite that, Quintanilla alleges the company did not halt the sale of the Selena merchandise.

“To date, Defendants continue to willfully and unlawfully exploit Plaintiffs’ Selena Marks and rights of publicity in commerce against the express demands by Plaintiffs to cease and desist such use,” wrote Quintanilla’s attorneys, Thomas K. Richards and Justin R. Trauben, in the suit.

Quintanilla is suing Shein on multiple counts, including trademark infringement, unfair competition and publicity rights violations. She’s seeking damages and a court injunction that will force Shein to stop the production and sale of merchandise bearing the Selena trademarks.

Shein did not immediately respond to Billboard‘s request for comment on the lawsuit.

Wednesday’s lawsuit is just the latest instance of an e-commerce giant being sued for selling knockoff merchandise in recent months. Last September, Grammy award-winning duo Twenty One Pilots sued Temu, another Chinese e-commerce giant and Shein competitor, over the company’s alleged sale of “blatant copies” of the band’s official merch. The month prior, the estate of late rapper MF Doom sued Temu for the same reason, calling the company “unethical.”

In December, the MF Doom lawsuit was thrown out by a judge who argued it was legally deficient because Temu wasn’t the manufacturer of the merch but rather a pass-through online marketplace for independent sellers. However, a federal judge allowed the estate to reinstate the lawsuit last month after it was revised.

Bruno Mars is proof that the greatest things in life are worth the wait.

The hitmaker released his fourth solo studio album, The Romantic, a whopping 10 years after his previous solo project, 24K Magic. As is expected of Mars, he immediately topped the charts with the release, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200.

While The Romantic‘s lead single “I Just Might,” sits atop the Hot 100, the album’s second single, “Risk It All,” debuted at No. 4 on the chart and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200. Mars is only the second artist (after Kendrick Lamar) to top the Hot 100 and Global 200 simultaneously with two different tracks.

Below, find the lyrics to Bruno Mars’ “Risk It All.”

For just the chance to win your heart
You could set the bar beyond the stars
I’ll do anything, anything you ask me to

Say you want the moon
Watch me learn to fly
Ain’t no mountain you could point to
I wouldn’t climb

It’s crazy, but it’s true
There’s nothing I won’t do
I’d risk it all for you

To hold your hand and call you mine
I’m tryna be your man ’til the end of time
Oh, I’ll do anything, anything you ask me to
I would run through a fire
Just to be by your side
If your heart’s on the line
You could take mine

It’s crazy, but it’s true
There’s nothing I won’t do
I’d risk it all for you

I would swim across the sea just to show you
Sacrifice my life just to hold you
I could go on and on
To prove that you belong here in my arms

Say you want the moon
Watch me learn to fly
Ain’t no mountain you could point to
I wouldn’t climb

It’s crazy, but it’s true
There’s nothing I won’t do
I’d risk it all for you
It’s crazy, but it’s true
There’s nothing I won’t do
I’d risk it all for you

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WRITERS
Peter Hernandez, Dernst Emile II, Philip Lawrence, James Fauntleroy, Larry Gold, Steven Tirpak
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Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Katy Perry has been dealt a loss in her long-running trademark dispute with an Australian fashion designer named Katie Perry — but the case is not yet over.

In a Wednesday (March 11) ruling, Australia’s highest court sided with designer Katie Perry, who also goes by her married name Katie Taylor, to restore her brand’s trademark. A lower court had previously granted pop star Katy Perry’s request to cancel the trademark in response to an infringement lawsuit initiated by Katie.

The case will now head back down for further litigation on Katie’s claims, brought in 2019, that accuse Katy of infringing her fashion brand’s trademarks by selling official merch in Australia. Katy says the claims should be dismissed because Katie improperly waited a decade to sue.

The dispute dates all the way back to 2008, when Katie launched her brand and registered an Australian trademark for the name “Katie Perry.” A year later, following the success of Katy’s breakout album One of the Boys and its Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper “I Kissed a Girl,” the singer’s reps demanded that Katie withdraw her trademark.

Katy’s lawyers offered Katie a co-existence agreement in 2009 that would have allowed them both to use the name with certain conditions, but Katie declined. Ten years later, Katie sued Katy for trademark infringement, and the designer was initially victorious in a 2023 court ruling.

In 2024, a mid-level Australian appeals court reversed that decision and instead granted Katy’s counter-request to cancel Katie’s trademark. Fast forward to Wednesday, when five judges on the High Court of Australia voted 3-2 to again reverse course and give Katie back her trademark.

The crux of the majority opinion was that in September 2008, when Katie registered the mark, Katy was not selling clothing in Australia. In fact, wrote Justice Jayne Jagot, Katy did not even launch her online merch store until a month later, in October 2008.

“It may be accepted that, before the priority date, Katy Perry was a famous pop star in Australia and internationally,” wrote the judge. “However…the overwhelming likelihood is that exceedingly few, if any, people could have seen any ‘Katy Perry’ branded clothing in Australia before the priority date. In these circumstances, I am unable to conclude that there was anything unreasonable or untenable in the primary judge’s conclusion that the Katy Perry parties simply had not adduced sufficient evidence to discharge their onus of proving the existence of a real, tangible danger of confusion.”

In a statement posted to the Katie Perry website on Wednesday, Katie said, “This has been an incredibly long and difficult journey. But today confirms what I always believed — that trademarks should protect businesses of all sizes.”

“This case has never just been about a name,” Katie added. “It has been about protecting small business in Australia, for standing up for what is right and showing that we all matter.”

A rep for Katy, meanwhile, said in a statement that the pop star “has never sought to close down Ms. Taylor’s business or stop her selling clothes under the ‘Katie Perry’ label.”

“Today, by a 3:2 decision, the High Court determined that Ms. Taylor’s trademark can remain on the register,” said Katy’s rep. “The court sent the case back to the Full Federal Court to determine issues raised by Katy Perry, including Ms. Taylor’s 10-year delay in bringing her case against Katy Perry.”

Veteran artist manager Bill Simmons, management partner Kendal Marcy and songwriter/publisher Chris DuBois have formed Domain Artist Management with flagship client Brad Paisley, who has had a long association with all three executives.

Simmons has managed the country superstar since 2003, while Marcy, who is also a multi-instrumentalist and producer, has been on Paisley’s team since 1999 and has executive-produced many of the artist’s TV and musical projects. Hit songwriter DuBois and Paisley co-founded Sea Gayle Music in 1999.

Domain Artist Management is a joint venture with Domain Capital Group, LLC.

This is the latest move into the entertainment sector by Domain Capitol Group, which acquired Miranda Lambert’s catalog earlier this year through its partnership with Sony Music Publishing; that partnership previously included an investment in Ashley Gorley’s catalog. Last year, Sony Music Publishing, Domain Capitol Group and Sea Gayle Music also formed a global publishing administration partnership.

The new partnership gives Domain Artist Management access to capital for further growth and infrastructure. Domain Capital Group has approximately $8.3 billion in assets, according to the company, spanning real estate, media, entertainment, technology and more.

“The formation of Domain Artist Management brings together experienced and successful artist representation and long-term capital into one platform,” Pete Chiappetta, managing director of media & entertainment at Domain Capital Group, said in a statement. “By aligning our resources and strategic capabilities with the decades of experience that Bill, Kendal, and Chris bring to the table, we are building a management company designed to serve artists thoughtfully and capitalize on today’s entertainment landscape for our investors.” 

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Pete and the entire Domain team to add more talented artists to our roster,” Marcy added. “As Nashville and the country genre continue to expand, we are eager to support and develop our artists’ successes through our expertise in management, touring, music, and film.” 

Prominent Shade 45 DJ and host Lord Sear has died at 54 years old. Shade 45 confirmed Sear’s (real name Steve Watson) death in a statement on Wednesday (March 11).

Details surrounding Lord Sear’s death remain unknown. Shade 45 will honor and celebrate Sear, who also went by Stak Cheda, with a tribute episode on Thursday from noon to 4 p.m. ET on SiriusXM.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Lord Sear. He was more than a voice on the radio — he was a force, a friend, and family to so many of us,” Shade 45 shared in a post to social media. “Rest easy, Lord Sear. The culture will never forget you.”

Fans and peers of Lord Sear paid homage on social media once news of the legendary hip-hop DJ’s death became public on Wednesday, including E-40, Hit-Boy, Fat Joe, Mickey Factz, Rapsody, Tony Yayo, 9th Wonder and Skyzoo.

“God bless i know him my whole career love you sear,” Fat Joe commented on IG.

Lord Sear got his start as part of the hip-hop group Kurious. He joined the iconic Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show in the ’90s and was on Eminem’s Anger Management Tour that took him across the globe in the early 2000s.

Sear also completed side quests, lending his voice to Grand Theft Auto III and making a cameo on Big Pun’s 2000 Yeeeah Baby album intro.

Lord Sear co-hosted the All Out Show with Rude Jude on Shade 45 and has continued to be a staple of the Eminem-founded SiriusXM station for two decades. Up until his death, Sear hosted The Lord Sear Special on Shade 45.

The veteran DJ was a culture shifter and hilarious storyteller who played a unique mix of classic rap and R&B.