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'Wannabe'
Trademark
Owner
Didn't
Want
Term
Used
For
Ashlee
Simpson
Film
TORONTO
(CP)
- A
Toronto
woman
who
owns
the
trademark
for
the
word
"wannabe"
says
she's
the
reason
the
title
of
an
upcoming
film
starring
singer
Ashlee
Simpson
has
been
changed.
Robin
Devine
said
she
trademarked
"wannabe"
way
back
in
1985
after
hearing
her
husband
say
it.
"I
had
never
heard
anything
like
that
in
my
life
before,"
she
said.
When
she
heard
Simpson
was
set
to
star
in a
movie
to
be
called
Wannabe,
she
called
Lion's
Gate
Films
in
Los
Angeles.
The
working
title
of
the
film
has
subsequently
been
changed
to
Undiscovered,
the
title
of
one
of
Simpson's
songs.
A
spokesman
for
Lion's
Gate
said
Wednesday
that
he
couldn't
comment
on
why
the
name
of
the
film
has
been
changed,
but
confirmed
Devine
had
been
in
touch
with
the
company.
Simpson
has
said
the
switch
was
made
because
the
president
of
Lion's
Gate
loved
her
song.
But
Devine
said
that's
not
exactly
the
case.
"The
reason
they
changed
the
name
of
the
movie
was
because
we
couldn't
enter
into
an
agreement,"
she
said.
She
says
that
people
can
use
wannabe
when
they're
speaking
but
can't
use
it
to
sell
merchandise
unless
they
licence
it
from
her.
Devine
says
she's
used
the
licence
to
develop
a
line
of
stuffed
toys
that
she
sells
on
request.
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