Sick Of It All sue Mobb Deep and Supreme for stealing their logo
Mobb Deep, the hip-hop group composed of Kejuan Muchita, also known as Havoc, and the Estate of Albert Johnson, known as Prodigy, are currently facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Bush Baby Zamagate, Inc., a hardcore record label representing Sick Of It All.
According to court documents obtained by HipHopDX, the label claims that Mobb Deep stole their dragon logo.
Supreme, a clothing brand, is also named in the suit due to their collaboration with Mobb Deep, where they used the disputed logo on clothing.
The lawsuit alleges that Mobb Deep has used a logo featuring a dragon intermittently since at least 1997. However, Sick Of It All claims to have used a similar dragon logo dating back to 1987.
Interestingly, Bush Baby Zamagate, Inc. claims to have repeatedly requested Mobb Deep to cease using their logo as far back as 2003, or possibly even earlier, and the group allegedly agreed.
The lawsuit states:
This is not the first time that Plaintiff has objected to Mobb Deep's use of a logo substantially identical to Plaintiff's Mark. Twice, most recently in 2003, Plaintiff previously demanded that Mobb Deep cease use of its infringing logo, and Mobb Deep and its affiliates complied. In addition, immediately prior to the institution of this lawsuit, Plaintiff demanded that Defendants cease use of their infringing logo and provide an accounting to Plaintiff of sales of the infringing goods. Defendants refused to comply with those demands.
However, in June 2023, Supreme joined forces with Mobb Deep and began incorporating a similar logo on their clothing items, including t-shirts and hats.
Consequently, the plaintiff has taken legal action, asserting claims of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and seeking appropriate remedies under both federal and New York state trademark laws.
The full lawsuit is available to read below.
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Post CommentAnd Prodigy is dead. THE NERVE to sue at this troubling time.
Sick of It All's logo "originates" in 1987, Mobb Deep uses it in 1997, people care in 1997 and Great Value Agnostic Front wants some of those Rap figures. f*ck outta here.
For all you idiots on here. Prodigy made one last album about secret societies and the Illuminati. It never got released, its on youtube though called The Hegelian Dialectic. Then the dude dies at 42? GTFO. They killed em.
I bet that dead conspiritard really enjoyed The Phenomenology of Spirit
Look up the pre-Gojira demo Saturate. Gojira should sue.
The infamous mobb were "snake n*#$z" hence their symbol...many of them have it tattooed on the hand.... including prodigy
Say all you want about how Brady Ebert is a junkie, druggie etc. but look at John Frusciante. How did Red Hot Chili Peppers do before he joined the band & after he quit the band? Good but not as goodIf Tutnstile's next headlining tour isn't an arena tour WITHOUT A CO-HEADLINER WHO COULD HEADLINE AN ARENA THEMSELVES (no Incubus or Sevendust) they are on the way down.They opened for Blink 182's arena tour - time to headline arenas with Scowl opening. Let's see what these two are made of. Speaking of Scowl their Granny nominations are manufactured like Tutnstile's cuz how do they a band who needs Militarie Gun & MSPaint to sell out 300 capacity Meadows in NYC & 200 capacity Saint Vitus Bar also in NYC (x amount attendees of the Meadows show) get nominated for not one Grammy but two
^ sick of it all still are a draw 30+ years later. Keep your insider nonsense out of this thread. Brady is probably scoring dope in queens as we speak
Under the best conditions, Sick of it All can maybe draw 500 people.
Turnstile sounds like that gay band Tame Impala.
Sick Of It All played with Life Of Agony back in August at Cobra Lounge in Chicago and there were still tickets available at the door. Cap for the room is like 300.
Not surprising that a genre of music founded on stealing beats and samples also steals logos as well...
So as you can see, the logo is a rip-off of my father's stick figure Manic Mailman
JACOB BANNON HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS???
Both groups rule but these losers are all fighting over some generic tattoo flash that's probably on the wall at every shop in the world
Lol that rick_tocchet thinks the U.S Government killed prodigy because of his album 'exposing the truth'. No wonder this guy supports trump, he's a f*cking idiot.
" Sick Of It All played with Life Of Agony back in August at Cobra Lounge in Chicago and there were still tickets available at the door. Cap for the room is like 300." Saw that tour in Indy a day or two later and there were maybe 150 ppl. First time I saw SOIA where literally everybody just stood there. Crowd didn't even split for a wall of death for Scratch The Surface.
Typical basketball Americans. They could've at least stolen something good.
Survival of the fittest on the strong survive
JACOB BANNON HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THIS?? He's busting balancing the books at the Subway franchises he owns.
That logo is Not appropriated from China. Madball needs to sue China who appropriated the dragon from them.
Obv is bolder and has a black background morons clearly different
Yet another reason for me to hate this band. Sick of it all sucks..
Typical basketball Americans. They could've at least stolen something good. Typical third world poor comment.
Sick of it All have been making the same album for 35 years. I don't know one person that considers themselves a Sick of it All fan. Most people like 2-3 songs and can't be bothered with the rest of their shitty output
"for all you idiots on here" is some rick_tocchet ass shit. How many times a day do you comment here? And you're STILL bad at it.
I never got into Mobb Deep. Too many black people in the band
What year did SOIA and Mobb Deep do that song for the Loud Rules comp? How are you gonna do a song with them and sue 20 years later?
this is bound to happen when you use Clipart
thesis: SOIA antithesis: Mobb Deep synthesis: Hed P.E.
Judge's verdict: low IQ teenage school binder scribbles cannot be copyrighted, both groups sentenced to repeating middle school English classes and 3 years of wearing adult clothing with no logos on it
Might aswell sue Bill Gates. Booth of these geezers hired some " guy " whos advanced in computers back in the 90's and made this shit in MSPAINT for 21 mins
Sick of it All have been making the same album for 35 years. I don't know one person that considers themselves a Sick of it All fan. Most people like 2-3 songs and can't be bothered with the rest of their shitty output ^listens to callous daoboys, donates to "hardcore"gofundmes^
Nothing more punk than suing a dead guy over a shitty logo
"Logo" was sitting in a national tattoo production flash sheet in a million tattoo shops before either group used it..
It's not the same. This is out of touch racist dudes mad at the world cuz no one gives a shit about punks in their 60's. What a POS sick of it all and that dog shit label are. I hope it gets tossed out like their CDs in the used bins. f*cking dorks
#FREEBRADY, they did his ass dirty. stole the rights to everything HE wrote then filed a restraining order that keeps him out of work cause the straight edge police had to have it there way. D fang is a puss puss
I'm not keen on the Wakanda Americans, but I love Mobb Deep. As good as hip hop ever got IMHO
Lol yes, the shadow cabal of malevolent forces that holds the chain reigns to this world heard 42-year-old Prodigy's YouTube album about the Illuminati and they were like "The entire card castle is about to collapse... send The Equalizer to Spring Valley Medical Center at once." An absolutely stunning shiny object game for this typical mental child. Mobb Deep kick ass btw, The Infamous and Hell On Earth are two of the best rap albums ever. Big Noyd is lowkey one of the best under-the-radar feature/crew rappers of the '90s as well. Gonna go blast "Give Up the Goods" now.
"Mobb Deep kick ass btw, The Infamous and Hell On Earth are two of the best rap albums ever. Big Noyd is lowkey one of the best under-the-radar feature/crew rappers of the '90s as well. Gonna go blast "Give Up the Goods" now." Your wife's bull is standing next to you as you type this, right?
Your wife's bull is standing next to you as you type this, right? ^^^ Yes, because I highly love Mobb Deep's first two albums, a larger man than myself who bones my wife stood over my shoulder and made me type that. Really good call, dude.
And Prodigy is dead. THE NERVE to sue at this troubling time. Learn to read, Jackass. "The Estate of Albert Johnson". Just because he's dead doesn't mean his estate keepers can steal another artist's shit. Besides that you can't sue a dead person, or at least make him personally pay up. You just lost your late 90s-early 00s hardcore kid card, clown. LOL @ Mobb Deep claiming the logo was/is theirs yet they formed in 1991 the year Sick Of It All released a 7" e.p. titled We Stand Alone which has guess what on the cover? THIS LOGO. So SOIA stole a logo of a rap group who didn't exist yet? 😂
"#FREEBRADY, they did his ass dirty. stole the rights to everything HE wrote " Wheres the attorney or lawsuit a year after. Did you ever think he signed over whatever "publishing" her had for a lump sum to purchase dope? I know the retard who runs this site wont investigate into this but I can easily.
Sick Of It All has been hanging out with Harley Flannigan a lil too much... NYHC has become synonymous with "lawsuits being filed."
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