Mobb Deep sued by Sick of It All for trademark infringement

New York duo Mobb Deep, comprised of the late emcee Prodigy and Havoc, and the streetwear clothes band has been sued by the band Sick Of It All for his or her newest collaboration, which, based on the band, options their dragon emblem.

The lawsuit filed claims that Sick Of It All has the mental property rights to the design and is accusing Supreme and Mobb Deep of trademark infringement and unfair competitors. The punk group just lately launched a Summer time 2023 capsule assortment of T-shirts and hats with a novel dragon design, and an similar one has now appeared.

The lawsuit filed at New York District Courtroom by plaintiff document label Bush Child Zamagate alleges that Supreme and Mobb Deep are responsible of “willful infringement and unfair competition” from “improper and illegal use of a nearly identical logo mark to Plaintiff’s inherently distinctive, incontestable, and famous logo.”

The lawsuit paperwork, obtained by Pitchfork, insist that the streetwear model take away the emblem “or any other mark or marks confusingly similar thereto and are asking that the New York district court prevent the defendants from receiving any revenue generated from sales of the stolen design.”

Summons have been issued, and Havoc, as well as representatives of Supreme, have three weeks to answer the lawsuit and declare whether or not they’re keen to struggle the case in court docket or stop the manufacturing and sale of their newest collaboration.

Supreme introduced that it will be releasing a collaborative line with Mobb Deep in June of this yr, and the signature of the collaboration is a T-shirt with a dragon emblem with the catchphrase “Drop a Gem on ‘Em” printed on the back. There are baseball caps with the same dragon logo featured prominently on the front.

Sick of It All claim that they have been using the very distinctive design since 1987 and has common law rights over the mark, which can be seen in the liner notes for the band’s 1989 album Blood, Sweat and No Tears, in addition to on the quilt of the 1991 EP We Stand Alone.