Beyoncé just filed a lawsuit against a Texas-based company trying to make a come up off of her brand!
Feyonceshop.com is an online store that has sold products with “Feyoncé” on them playing on the word fiancé with the purpose of being items for women that are engaged. The t-shirts, sweatshirts and coffee mugs use Beyoncé’s well known pink font from her self-titled album and some products even have “he put a ring on it” on them.
Beyoncé is not happy with the company and the fact that they are using her name and her hit song “Single Ladies” to make profit. She wants the online store and its products to disappear and also wants to be awarded fully all profits the company has made from the products, according to the Daily Mail.
The multipage lawsuit goes into detail of how the company and its products are infringing on her rights and Bey wants the sale of the merchandise to cease immediately. According to the filed suit, the company has even tried to trademark “Feyoncé” as if it’s not a play on an already trademarked name and brand.
We all know Beyoncé doesn’t need the money from this case but according to reports Beyoncé feels that she will suffer harm to her business reputation because of the products and reports say the products are illegal.
We hope the case ends smoothly for both parties. This just goes to show that you can’t mess with Bey and her brand!
Source: Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3525164/Furious-Beyonc-files-lawsuit-against-Texas-based-company-Feyonc-stealing-anthem-song-Single-Ladies-trademark-name.html
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