The Michael Jackson Estate has settled with the Heal The World Foundation outside court in a private meeting sometimes last year which is said to have involved Perry Sanders, Katherine Jackson’s new lawyer, along with Michael Jackson Estate lawyer Howard Weitzman.
The estate had sued the Heal The World foundation accusing them of using Michael Jackson’s name and image to make money for the charity, without having been given the legal rights.
Michael Jackson founded an organisation called Heal the World in 1992, however, the charity later came into financial trouble and lost its tax exempt status.
A different organisation with the same name later had the tax exempt renewed, and is alleged to have used Michael Jackson’s name to promote their work.
The lawsuit against the Heal The World Foundation started in 2009, when Michael Jackson’s estate accused the organisation for misusing trademarks to create an association with Michael Jackson.
The charity is said to have agreed to no longer associate itself with Michael Jackson or use the Heal the World name.
However, Triumph International a.k.a. The Estate, has trademarked “Heal The World Foundation” on December 3, 2021 under Educational services, namely, conducting classes, seminars, conferences and meetings in the field of character development and distribution of course materials in connection therewith in printed or electronic format.
So the Estate has took back the trademark and the name of “Heal The World Foundation” but it is unclear what will be the future of it yet. Fans around the world are hoping for the Estate to finally start charity work on Michael’s name, just like he used to do.
The Estate still needs the permission of the court to do charity work in the name of Michael Jackson.
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Harold Weitzman died last April.
As we stated “Some time last year” as we do not have the exact date of that meeting.