Journey‘s sole-remaining founding member and leader Neal Schon has lashed back at former-frontman Steve Perry‘s lawsuit. Perry is suing Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain over a trademark deal he allegedly wasn’t aware of.
Back in 1985, Schon, Cain, and then-frontman Steve Perry entered into an exclusive partnership with each other, controlling all elements of the Journey brand and trademark, which was updated following Perry’s departure. That 1998 written agreement between Schon, Cain, and Perry provided Schon and Cain “the sole, exclusive, irrevocable right to control the Journey (trademark), including the Journey name. They are, therefore, authorized to perform together as Journey, with or without anyone else.”