Lake City recommends Rocky Top name change, but receives copyright warning
LAKE CITY—Just hours before a historic vote to change this town’s name for the second time in less than a century, Lake City Mayor Tim Sharp received a legal letter warning him that a proposal to build...
View ArticleLake City’s name change to Rocky Top challenged in federal court
Note: This story was last updated at 6 p.m. The Gatlinburg publisher of “Rocky Top”—a bluegrass tune, state song, and unofficial anthem for the University of Tennessee—filed a federal lawsuit on Monday...
View ArticleSenate approves Lake City’s name change to Rocky Top
WYSH Radio/Oak Ridge Today A bill that will allow Lake City to officially change its name to Rocky Top was unanimously approved in the Tennessee Senate on Thursday, three days after the state House of...
View ArticleU.S. judge denies request to stop Lake City’s name change to Rocky Top
A federal judge on Wednesday denied for now a request to stop Lake City from changing its name to Rocky Top. The preliminary injunction had been requested by House of Bryant Publications LLC, the...
View ArticleLake City is now Rocky Top, Tennessee
Note: This story was last updated at 1:10 p.m. June 28. LAKE CITY—Lake City is now Rocky Top, Tennessee. For most people, Rocky Top has been, until now, the name of a bluegrass song that is wildly...
View ArticleHouse of Bryant files another ‘Rocky Top’ legal challenge
Information from WYSH Radio The owners of the iconic bluegrass song “Rocky Top” have filed another legal challenge to prevent the recently-renamed Anderson County town of Rocky Top from cashing in on...
View ArticlePreliminary injunction stops use of Rocky Top as trademark for goods, services
Note: This story was updated at 12:40 p.m. A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction to stop a group of developers who are trying to revitalize the former Lake City from using Rocky Top as a...
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