Jointly: Rihanna, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye and Pharrell
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Jointly, Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Rihanna are going to sue a Paris clothing retailer they say has been "brazenly" selling shirts, hats, backpacks, mobile phone 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."
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
I'm here for a powerful collaboration between them all too detailing the impending rigorous court battle. Beyoncé should write it (since she wrote Survivor).
This isn't some little Etsy shop. This is a legit business making a profit from their likenesses and if they don't sue it'll set a dangerous precedent.
Y'all are hilarious. Why should a business make MILLIONS off my name and I not profit from it? Thats like someone take a picture of you and they make money off it and you not get a dime. You call these celebs "money hungry" yet the business is the money hungry one for making a living off of SOME ONE ELSE!
