Drake is being sued for allegedly creating imitation versions of an owl pendant, according to TMZ. The company suing Drake, Michael Raphael’s Baden Baden Inc., claims Drake hired it to create a custom owl pendant in January and that the rapper allegedly paid close to $50,000 for the item, as per TMZ.
In June, gold duplicates of the owl piece began appearing on Drake’s Instagram account, according to Baden Baden Inc.’s claims, which also say that Drake took the original design and created imitation versions of the pendant for his friends.
Drake is being sued for copyright infringement. Baden Baden Inc. is also demanding unspecified damages, as per TMZ. Drake is also being asked to turn in all duplicate copies of the piece.
The images of the original and the alleged duplicates can be found below, as per TMZ.
Drake has used an owl as his longstanding logo. The logo has been used on various promotional items for Drake, including flyers for his OVO Fest. For instance, the promotional poster for the 2011 OVO Fest featured Drake’s owl logo.
The Toronto rapper has also had the owl logo tattooed on his back since at least January 2012.
Drake also often wears clothing with the logo printed on it. For instance, Drake wore a shirt with the owl logo in his “HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right)” music video.
Images of the poster and of the tattoo can be viewed below following the video of “HYFR (Hell Ya Fucking Right).”
Image of Drake’s tattoo via Rap-Up.
This isn’t the first time Drake has been sued. In 2010, Drake was reportedly sued by Playboy over the use of a sample. In February 2013 Drake settled a lawsuit over “Marvin’s Room.” In the same month, Drake and Chris Brown sued one another over a nightclub brawl. That brawl also prompted nightclub attendees to sue Drake. In August, Drake was sued over shopping and stylist expenses.
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People know that Nothing Was The Same is going platinum first week and will end up 3x platinum. The are lining up to get thier hands on that money.
Wrong, dentalbitch.
How can you give someone a logo to make, then sue them when they make copies of that same exact logo? It’s still his logo in the end…and nothing was changed. People are fucking stupid…
how is an owl his logo. he dont own that shit
He isn’t being sued over an owl logo you idiot, he’s being sued because he made counterfeit jewelry that matches the jewelry he had them make.
^^ What you wrote looks stupid as fuck….. his logo> pays 4 his own custom jewelry> decides to get others made from ANOTHER company> this company gets mad because they get no money and sue> this process of getting a original done at one place then copies or duplicates is normal but when a man who is doing WELL it’s an issue it’s HIS design and LOGO
You just stupid to not see this company suing because they desperate for promo and money.
Lol…I looked at that shit like “WTF did I just type?” How can you get a logo from someone, and then turn around and sue because they make copies of said work? It’s a complete owl opposed to 2D printing, but it’s still Drake’s logo…
so they are suing him for using his logo however he pleases
No he is being sued for making counterfeits. Can you read or look at the pictures?
when i first read this on another site i thought he was giving out fake chains to his friends
people will sue for anything now a days.
i wish i was the judge in this case….
ok jeweler do you have this owl symbol trademarked?….oh no?!?
case closed, sorry for wasting your time drake. jeweler will pay drakes attorney fees and extra for wasting his time and trying to steal money from him
Dumbass.
But you ain’t a judge and you damn sure ain’t FOR REAL.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT means he documented the specific owl design as his own idiot.
it is kind of lame to take one mans work and get a bunch of copies made by someone else. if drake woulda went back to the same guy there would be no problem hes probably upset about the lost business and revenue
So only one guy can create a piece for an artist? There are a lot of similar styles of jewelry out there, plus I’m sure Drake paid the guy well for making the original. Case closed.
“So only one guy can create a piece for an artist? ”
any self respecting artist or craftsmen wouldnt plagiarize someone elses work like that though. they coulda done an owl still but not jacked it completely
Only thing that matters is what the contract says, if their was one.
Would have been pretty easy to avoid this “mess” though…
“A work made for hire (sometimes abbreviated as work for hire or WFH) is a work created by an employee as part of his or her job, or a work created on behalf of a client where all parties agree in writing to the WFH designation. It is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally recognized author of that work. According to copyright law in the United States and certain other copyright jurisdictions, if a work is “made for hire”, the employernot the employeeis considered the legal author.”
“So only one guy can create a piece for an artist? There are a lot of similar styles of jewelry out there, plus I’m sure Drake paid the guy well for making the original. Case closed.”
^ smmfh
Out of all the owl poses and pictures he could of used, he bought a piece of copyrighted art, and had it duplicated by someone else. He could have even used the OvO and been straight.
And your dumb ass is here taking up for him, talking about case closed.
I don’t know what happened in the school system these last few years, but they got y’all growing up to be absolute morons in society.
like Biggie said, mo money mo problems
Illuminati Owl.
lol @ drake hugging Wayne, does he kiss him like Birdman?
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yes thats in the contract he signed. everyone at YMCMB has to kiss birdman and wayne on the mouth to be apart of our team.
Lmao.
Stupid pendant, who would want one anyways?
You just read an article of someone who did and saw duplicates, why even ask the question?
You don’t even speak like a Justin, you speak like you’re JUST 10. Go do some homework and grow up little boy, leave the internet comments alone.
I agree completely. You would think that being an artist Drake could come up with his own logo. Totally busted move by him. I the jeweler wins the lawsuit.
What does being an artist/rapper have to do with designing a logo. Thats usually takes some type of artistic ability. 2nd its stated he paid $50,000 for them to design a logo for HIM. Noone know what the license agreement states. Most fortune 500 companies dont designed their own logo they hire professionals idiot
As ridiculous as it is when read, I’m not really surprised how ignorant many of you are to facts.
I just read today there’s an 100 year old test that many of you can’t pass and you have way more information and technology than they had then.
“No child left behind” has made many of you useless to society. All you have are your twitters, facebooks, comment sections, and video games. Ya just don’t realize how fvcked up you are now and ain’t even start yet.
DRAKE IS A FAGGOT- AND HE AINT NO RAPPER- JUST A POOR MAN’S NATE DOGG………. NEXT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1tG-m4NSU