The luxury fashion brand voluntarily dismissed its trademark case, removing a legal overhang just as Young and his backing band prepare a live album and a second studio record.
Neil Young no longer faces a legal fight over the name Chrome Hearts. A court filing on May 14 shows the luxury fashion brand voluntarily dismissed its trademark lawsuit against Young and his backing band, according to Billboard. There was no word on whether the two sides reached a settlement or the brand simply walked away.
Young began performing with the Chrome Hearts in 2024 and released the album Talkin To The Trees with them a year later. The brand sued last fall, arguing the band name would cause marketplace confusion and infringe its intellectual property. The complaint pointed to clothing vendors who already assumed a link between the band and the label.
Fans of Young quickly noted the name references a line from his 1976 Stills-Young Band song “Long May You Run.” That historical layer now sits undisturbed. The dismissal pulls a legal thorn out of Young’s side just as he and the Chrome Hearts gear up to release a live album, As Time Explodes, at the end of May. They have also finished recording a second studio record, so the work will move ahead without the noise of a courtroom dispute.
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