Grove Broadcasting Corporation, the parent company of Irie FM, says it has found operators using its trademark and domain name on the Internet, without authorisation.

"IrieTV and IrieTV.com are the registered trademark and domain name respectively of Grove Broadcasting Corporation Limited," said the media company in a press statement. "It has come to our attention that unauthorised persons have been using this mark or marks similar to our marks (Irie and IrieTV) on the Internet, in Jamaica and in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut."

"This constitutes an infringement of our absolute right to use the Irie trademark and all common-law representations thereof."

The owners of Irie in its statement made a public warning that persons found infringing upon its trademark would face the full brunt of the law.

"This is therefore to put the public on notice that no-one has been licensed or otherwise given permission to use our trademarks or any marks bearing any similarity thereto," said the statement. "We will be taking legal action against all persons who use or continue to use the mark without our permission."

"Irie-Tv.com is not the trademark of Grove Broadcasting Corporation, is not associated with us and we have already taken steps to alert the unauthorised users of its use and the likelihood of confusion in the public mind."

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