According to The New York Post, Ozzy Osbourne has filed against former bandmate Toni Iommi over the ownership of the name 'Black Sabbath' claiming that Iommi illegally took control of it when filing a patent with the US Patent Office.

The suit also alledges that Osbourne's "signature lead vocals" are largely responsable for the popularity of Black Sabbath, quoting the lack of popularity during his absence from 1980 through to 1996 as evidence.

Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler have in the past slated Osbourne's writing ability compared to that of current Heaven & Hell frontman Ronnie James Dio, with whom they have several European and North American concert dates scheduled later this year.

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written by Tom Bray, June 01, 2009

i don't know about lack of popularity, i thought Sabbath did alright with the 2 albums Heaven and Hell as well as Mob Rules,so evidence sorry however a lot of cases are won with out much evidence depending who is on the jury so hey interesting to see how it turns out.

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written by Noel Abbia, June 03, 2009

It's a very sad day indeed. What the fuck ever happened to Ozzy? The cunt should get back on the sauce asap!

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