Logan Paul is facing a lawsuit over copyright violation claims by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
In a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday, the Olympic Committee alleged that YouTube stars Paul and KSI’s energy drink company, PRIME, had been using trademarked symbols and phrases as part of a recent promotion featuring NBA star and 2024 U.S.A. men’s basketball team member Kevin Durant.
The lawsuit seeks all of the profits that Prime derived from products that infringed on Olympic trademarks as well as “millions of dollars” in damages to be determined at trial.
The US Olympic Committee is suing Prime energy, the hydration drink company by Logan Paul and KSI
They claim the limited-edition Kevin Durant bottles feature trademarked Olympic phrases and symbols pic.twitter.com/FBYrUwMXqJ
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The phrases included “Olympic,” “Olympian,” “Team USA,” and Going for Gold,” according to the lawsuit.
The suit pointed in particular to a Prime Hydration drink that featured Durant, the star forward for the Phoenix Suns, who is trying to win his fourth gold medal this summer as a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team.
On July 10, an Olympic Committee lawyer contacted Prime and asked the company to stop using those trademarks, the lawsuit said. However, the company continued to ship the drink to stores and feature the drink on its LinkedIn account after receiving that warning, the suit stated.
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Logan Paul is facing a lawsuit over copyright violation claims by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
In a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on Friday, the Olympic Committee alleged that YouTube stars Paul and KSI’s energy drink company, PRIME, had been using trademarked symbols and phrases as part of a recent promotion featuring NBA star and 2024 U.S.A. men’s basketball team member Kevin Durant.
The lawsuit seeks all of the profits that Prime derived from products that infringed on Olympic trademarks as well as “millions of dollars” in damages to be determined at trial.
The US Olympic Committee is suing Prime energy, the hydration drink company by Logan Paul and KSI
They claim the limited-edition Kevin Durant bottles feature trademarked Olympic phrases and symbols pic.twitter.com/FBYrUwMXqJ
— Frontier (@FrontierRise) July 22, 2024
The phrases included “Olympic,” “Olympian,” “Team USA,” and Going for Gold,” according to the lawsuit.
The suit pointed in particular to a Prime Hydration drink that featured Durant, the star forward for the Phoenix Suns, who is trying to win his fourth gold medal this summer as a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball team.
On July 10, an Olympic Committee lawyer contacted Prime and asked the company to stop using those trademarks, the lawsuit said. However, the company continued to ship the drink to stores and feature the drink on its LinkedIn account after receiving that warning, the suit stated.
