Run-D.M.C. Sues Amazon, Walmart for More Than $50 Million Over Trademark Infringement

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Run-D.M.C. has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon, Jet and a number of others for more than $50 million over alleged trademark infringement on products using the iconic hip-hop group’s name and logo without permission.

The suit was filed Thursday (Dec. 29) in New York and also names a number of the companies selling the products through those online marketplaces, as well as 20 John Does, saying they “trade on the goodwill of RUN-DMC.” It explains that some of the allegedly infringing products claim to be “RUN-DMC styled products” such as fedora hats and square-frame sunglasses that use the group’s name in their title or description but not the logo. Meanwhile, others more blatantly use…