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He said he has made two films for the company and is to start shooting another movie for Viacom's Showtime on Wednesday Tolub said he would have a decision before June 16 ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€?ââ‚¬â€? On the Net: TNN: http://www because its planned Spike TV, with programs like Pamela Anderson's "Stripperella" cartoons, will damage his reputation Lee was in court Monday to hear his lawyer Johnnie Cochran argue that the communications giant is changing the TNN network's name to Spike TV in a deliberate attempt to capitalize on Lee's name and prestige "What we're concerned about is the dilution of the good will he has developed over all these years," Cochran said of the Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated filmmaker " "I don't want to be associated with some "Stripperella" crap," Lee said after the hearing "They hope to get a boost in the ratings," the lawyer told Tolub Kovner said "Spike," standing alone, is not Lee's professional name thenewtnn "It is, at most, part of his name," he said, "and it is many other things in the English language Cochran asked State Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub for an injunction blocking the name change " Kovner cited the word's many uses as a noun and a verb and said it is a common name or nickname of many people in show business ââ‚¬â€? director Spike Jonze, and the musicians Spike Jones and Spike Milligan "The name is suggestive and evocative of the kind of programming this network will be offering," he added It announced in April that it would change TNN's name to Spike TV on June 16 in an attempt to attract more men to an audience that is already about two-thirds male "They don't have a right to misappropriate his name to do that Viacom's lawyer, Victor Kovner, asked Tolub to let the name change proceed, saying Lee's lawyers had offered no evidence the public would assume a connection between the network and the filmmaker com/ And the "Our Gang" comedy movies of the 1930s and '40s had a Spike Lee, Kovner said The movie maker said he learned about Spike TV from people who called him to say, "I didn't know you had a new network What's the programming going to be?" Lee, whose given name is Shelton Jackson Lee, said he had no other complaint with Viacom Viacom also owns VH1, UPN and book publisher Simon & Schuster Spike TV, billing itself as "the first network for men," shows reruns of "The A-Team," "Baywatch" and "Miami Vice," and sports entertainment such as pro wrestling, "American Gladiators," "Car and Driver Television" and "Trucks!" The network also carries an animated series featuring Pamela Anderson as the voice of Stan Lee's "Stripperella," an undercover operative who is also a stripper Spike Lee Defends Lawsuit Decision Jun 9, 1:46 PM EST Filmmaker Spike Lee admits he is biting a hand that feeds him but he says he is suing Viacom Inc Lee's movies include "Malcolm X," "Summer of Sam," "Jungle Fever" and "Do the Right Thing " Viacom, which owns the CBS network and Showtime movie channel, bought TNN in 2000