Diddy is Now Just Sean Combs in Britain

Diddy lost his name in a suit in Britain, so now he has to change his name again. Perhaps he could just go with Sean Combs. Here’s more:

Hip Hop star Sean ’Diddy’ Combs has suffered a humiliating legal defeat which will force him to rebrand his entire commercial output in Britain.

The self-styled King of Bling, 36, today backed down over his new name and agreed to pay a London producer damages.

After the settlement was confirmed in the High Court he has already begun repackaging many of his releases.

The row started in August last year when Combs – who used to call himself Puff Daddy before relaunching under the new name P Diddy – changed his name yet again to Diddy.

But that name was already being used by London producer Richard ’Diddy’ Dearlove who objected and called in his lawyers.

In an escalating dispute Combs and Dearlove faced a High Court trial in October. But today a settlement was finally sealed over the use of the word Diddy in Britain.

Under the terms of a court order Combs has had to pay Dearlove significant damages, all of his litigation costs, and will no longer be able to trade in the UK as ’Diddy’.