In addition to bringing infringement and related claims under the Lanham Act, Antetokounmpo alleged several state law claims (in total, each complaint contains 13 causes of action) and seeks both injunctive relief and monetary damages.
1:20 cv 4060)-all make the same fundamental allegations: the defendants were selling merchandise online bearing Antetokounmpo’s name, nickname and/or likeness and they refused to cooperate after receiving cease and desist letters from Antetokounmpo. 1:20 cv 4010) and Giannis Antetokounmpo v. Settleman et al., (No.1:20-cv-3670) and Giannis Antetokounmpo v.
GREEK FREAK REGISTRATION
That mark has been approved for registration and, with no oppositions having been filed, will likely be registered soon.
In the recent complaints he filed, he claims to have sold “tens of thousands of dollars” of product bearing the GREEK FREAK mark and has licensed his “name/nickname and/or likeness to various brands and campaigns.” He has also sought to register a variation of the mark, GREEK FR34K, which replaces the “ea” in Freak with 34, his jersey number for the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo, who was born in Greece, filed for, and obtained, a trademark for GREEK FREAK, and began selling merchandise bearing that mark and his likeness. Over the past several years, as Antetokounmpo rose to NBA stardom, he began building a brand, with himself as the centerpiece. In the lawsuits, Antetokounmpo claims that the retailers were selling merchandise bearing his nickname-the Greek Freak-along with his likeness.
GREEK FREAK SERIES
NBA superstar and reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo recently filed a series of trademark infringement lawsuits in the Southern District of New York against online retailers and their operators.
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