| NBA's
Giannis Antetokounmpo Sues Instagram
Artist For Uploading Photo He Never Even
Sold
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 7 – Giannis
Antetokounmpo, perhaps the
NBA's most litigious player,
has sued Jordan Zangrillo for
trademark
violation.
On January 7, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Edgardo Ramos held a show
cause hearing. Inner City
Press covered it.
Judge Ramos
was prepared to enter a
default judgment against
Zangrillo, but he showed up.
Zangrillo explained that
during the pandemic he made a
drawing, put it on Instagram
then tried to sell it over
RedBubble.com.
His
drawing didn't even say "Greek
Freak" - it has, "Buck Nasty."
It showed the back of
Antetokounmpo's head with
antlers on it.
He never
made any money, and took it
all down when he got
Antetokounmpo's legal letter.
But still
Antetokounmpo sued him for
$2000.
On January 7
Antetokounmpo's lawyer said it
was not about the money, that
images of Antetokounmpo's two
children had been sold in the
past and now he has "no sense
of humor" about it.
Judge Ramos told Zangrillo to
file an answer by January 28,
then got off the line. His
courtroom deputy stayed on to
explain NYLAG, then left.
Antetokounmpo's
lawyer told Zangrillo to
consider paying and agreeing
to a permanent injunction.
Buck Nasty indeed.
The case is
Antetokounmpo v. Zangrillo et
al., 21-cv-05092
(Ramos)
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