Just before the 2009 tour, Phish, Inc. lands a temporary restraining order to stop the unauthorized sale and distribution of Phish branded merchandise. The suit names John Does 1-100 and ABC Corporations 1-5 (a.k.a. hairy unbathed partly dazed parking lot people) as infringers of the valuable trademarks of the Phish empire. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, granted the TRO on March 6, 2009 (the opening date of the tour, I believe). More information here.

They won’t steal their poor heart Trade-Mark again. . . . . .