The leader of German electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk has sued a company for dubbing its new electric smartphone charger with the same name as the band. In a lawsuit filed in a US court Monday, Ralf Hutter said that "kraftwerk" -- which means a power station in German -- was closely identified with the band known for mechanized-sounding songs such as "We Are the Robots" and "The Man-Machine". "Consumers are likely to assume that there is a connection, association or relationship between the famous electronic music band and a charger for portable musical-playing devices," said the lawsuit filed in a federal court in the eastern state of Delaware, where eZelleron has a US base. Hutter presented a lengthy list of items for which he said he held the trademark registration for Kraftwerk's name, ranging from shirts and CDs to bow-ties and toilet paper.
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