Remy Martin says rapper 50 Cent’s cognac infringes IP rights

Summary

  • Rapper’s Branson cognac bottle a “near exact reproduction”
  • Remy claims its XO cognac is second-best-selling in U.S.

(Reuters) – E. Remy Martin & Co sued rapper and entrepreneur Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s Sire Spirits in Manhattan federal court on Friday, alleging its Branson cognac infringes Remy Martin’s trade-dress and design-patent rights in its jewel-shaped glass cognac bottle design.

Read more at  https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/remy-martin-says-rapper-50-cents-cognac-infringes-ip-rights-2021-08-13/