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"John Geils, founder of the J. Geils Band, has filed a lawsuit against the other members of the group over use of the name in an upcoming tour that doesn&amp;apos;t feature the guitarist, Reuters&amp;#xA0;reports.&amp;#xA0;Geils names band members Richard Salwitz, Danny Klein, Peter Wolf and Seth Justman in the lawsuit filed in Boston Superior Court, claiming they &amp;quot;planned and conspired&amp;quot; to exclude Geils from a tour and are unlawfully using the group&amp;apos;s trademarked name.\r\n&amp;quot;Together they&amp;apos;re the J. Geils Band, but separately they&amp;apos;re Mr. Wolf, Mr. Salwitz, Mr. Klein and Mr. Justman,&amp;quot; said Geils&amp;apos; lawyer, Charles Grimes. &amp;quot;They do not have the right to take his name and use it, and try to deny him the right to use his own name.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;We will address the claims in the lawsuit including our own claims against John Geils and Francesca Records at the appropriate time,&amp;quot; said James Weinberger, who is representing the band&amp;apos;s other members.\r\nThe J. Geils Band scheduled an 11-show tour without Geils, kicking off in Syracuse, New York on August 25th. Geils is seeking full rights to the trademarked name and prohibition of the defendants&amp;apos; use of the band name, plus damages."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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