Beyonce Rihanna others sue Paris firm over clothing knockoffs
(MENAFN- Arab News)NEW YORK: Beyonce Jay Z Kanye West Pharrell Williams and Rihanna have teamed up to sue a Paris clothing retailer they say has been 'brazenly' selling shirts hats backpacks cellphone cases and other items featuring their likenesses without permission.
The complaint filed on Tuesday in federal court in New York said ElevenParis has ignored the singers' warnings to stop the sales including in a store in Manhattan's Soho district and on its website.
The artists accused ElevenParis and its affiliates of being 'habitual willful intellectual property infringers that without authorization usurp the trademarks copyrights and other rights of A-list celebrities.'
ElevenParis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The challenged products include clothing bearing the singers' faces phrases such as 'Kanye is my Homie' and 'Pharrell is my Brotha' and Beyonce and Rihanna song lyrics.
ElevenParis' actions 'have caused and are causing immediate irreparable harm' to the plaintiffs who seek to recoup profits and triple damages over the allegations of trademark infringement and violations of their rights of publicity the complaint said.
The complaint filed on Tuesday in federal court in New York said ElevenParis has ignored the singers' warnings to stop the sales including in a store in Manhattan's Soho district and on its website.
The artists accused ElevenParis and its affiliates of being 'habitual willful intellectual property infringers that without authorization usurp the trademarks copyrights and other rights of A-list celebrities.'
ElevenParis did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The challenged products include clothing bearing the singers' faces phrases such as 'Kanye is my Homie' and 'Pharrell is my Brotha' and Beyonce and Rihanna song lyrics.
ElevenParis' actions 'have caused and are causing immediate irreparable harm' to the plaintiffs who seek to recoup profits and triple damages over the allegations of trademark infringement and violations of their rights of publicity the complaint said.
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