| Greek Freak
Sues On Counterfeit Spice Products But
Finds Dubious SDNY Magistrate
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 5 – Giannis Antetokounmpo
has previously sued a business
called Nomercy50 for
infringing the trademark to
"Greek Freak." There, he is
suing for $9,000.
On
February 1, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Katharine H.
Parker held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it.
But the defendant failed to
appear.
Judge
Parker asked the requisite
questions about attempted
service of process.
The surprise was
the low value of the case, to
be pursued by a plaintiff with
a large NBA contract. But
money is money, apparently.
And now there is
more litigation from the Greek
Freak. On May 5, Magistrate
Judge Robert W. Lehrburger
held a proceeding asking how
Defendant's use of the Greek
Freak trademark on "spice
products" qualifies as
counterfeit.
In the
proceeding, which Inner City
Press covered, Judge
Lehrburger said this is an
area of law he has litigated,
and wondered why the Greek
Freak hadn't rested or at
least begun with a cease and
desist letter before suing. He
asked for more papers, on the
counterfeit issue.
The case is
Antetokounmpo v. Paleo
Productions LLC et al.,
20-cv-6224 (Koeltl /
Lehrburger)
The case is
Antetokounmpo v. Searcy,
20-cv-5055 (Koeltl /
Parker)
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