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"Allied Artists" redirects here. For other uses, see Allied Artists (disambiguation).
Allied Artists International, Inc.
Company typeCorporation
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedSouthern California (1979), successor-in-interest to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (1946)
FoundersRobert Abernathy
Richard Smith
Headquarters
United States Los Angeles, California &
New York City, New York
Key people
Kimball Dean Richards, Chairman and CEO, Robert Fitzpatrick, President
ProductsMotion Pictures, Television Production, Music, Music Publishing, Entertainment, Television Syndication, Online games, Mobile Entertainment, Video on demand, Digital distribution
SubsidiariesAllied Artists Pictures, Allied Artists Music Group, Allied Artists Television, Allied Artists Home Video
Websitealliedartists.com

Allied Artists International, Inc., and Allied Artists Records are the companies of Kimball Dean Richards, identified as a "Master Criminal" by the FBI is CEO and owns. Richards was arrested for solicitation of Murder, for wire tapping a Sheriff’s Office, for computer crimes, and was additionally convicted of seventeen counts of Major Fraud, and sentenced to twenty years in a federal prison.[1][2][3] [4] [5][6]

Richards’ crime ring included his CFO, Robert Leslie Abernathy, and according to Major Frauds US District Attrorney Robert L. Brosio, Leon W. Weidman, and Richards and his allied ring of criminals ran a ponzi scheme that was masterminded by Richards and Robert Bernfeld. The convictions were obtained by the Major Frauds Section of the Office of the United States Attorney, before the United States District Court for the Central Court of California, Case CR 88-411 -R. [7] [8] [9][10]

Allied Artists Records

Reporter Kathryn Jendraskiak wrote that Kimball Dean Richards Owned Allied Artists Records in 1980.[11][12] Allied Artists Records[13], which was a separate entity at the time of the Allied Artists Pictures Corporation bankruptcy, was left standing with the only remaining rights to the "Allied Artists" name, although those rights had up to that point been limited to motion picture soundtracks, records and music publishing.[14]


Expansion of trademark rights

Following the 1980 bankruptcy and dissolution of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, Allied Artists Records sought to expand its trademark and service mark rights to include all forms of entertainment, including those previously held by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Allied Artists Records ultimately filed for and received federal trademark protection for "Production and distribution of entertainment services, namely, phonograph records, motion picture films, video tapes, DVDs, and radio and television programs" in International Class 041.

In 2007, given the length of time Allied Artists International, Inc. had exercised control over the name, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Allied Artists International, Inc. (Allied Artists Records' successor) a Notice of Acceptance under Section 8 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1058(a)(1) and Section 15 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 1065, which deems Allied Artists International, Inc's right to the federal trademarks for "Allied Artists" incontestable.[15]

Allied Artists today

Allied Artists International, Inc. is presently producing and distributing entertainment products that include motion pictures, television productions, DVDs, music CD's, entertainment software, music publishing and a myriad of other entertainment related activities.

References

  1. ^ [ Daily News of Los Angeles - NewsBank - Apr 17, 1990]
  2. ^ Mohave Daily Miner - Jul 13, 1984, Kathryn Jendrasiak[1]
  3. ^ LA Times, WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER Jr., “Two Record Firm Executives Charged With Bank Fraud”, May 15, 1987
  4. ^ Robert L. Brosio, United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) -R
  5. ^ Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) _R
  6. ^ Richard E. Robinson, Assistant United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) -R
  7. ^ LA Times, WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER Jr., “Two Record Firm Executives Charged With Bank Fraud”, May 15, 1987
  8. ^ Robert L. Brosio, United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) -R
  9. ^ Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) _R
  10. ^ Leon W. Weidman, Assistant United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, United States vs. Kimball Dean Richards, before the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case CR 88-411 (A) -R
  11. ^ [ Daily News of Los Angeles - NewsBank - Apr 17, 1990]
  12. ^ Mohave Daily Miner - Jul 13, 1984, Kathryn Jendrasiak[2]
  13. ^ Allied Artists Records changed its name to Allied Artists International, Inc. on March 8, 2001, see Nevada Secretary of State Records at https://esos.state.nv.us/SOSServices/AnonymousAccess/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx
  14. ^ See http://alliedartists.com/aboutus.htm
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference patent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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