NKOTB Sue Company For Trying To Name Another Boy Band NKOTB

June 12, 2009 12:34 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Reformed boy band New Kids on the Block is suing a company for allegedly trying to make a new band also named New Kids on the Block (NKOTB).

TMZ is reporting that the quintet filed a Federal lawsuit against SM Productions company for allegedly attempting to "form a new group also entitled 'New Kids on the Block'" in 2005.

They claim that SMP wanted to register the band's name and album art from "Hangin' Tough" with the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office so they could record music with their group and pass it off as the original band.

The popular group - composed of Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight - want the court to tell everyone that their name belongs to them.