Jay-Z Being gragged to court For $600 Million Over Brooklyn Nets Logo

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Jay Z and others are increasingly being sued for $600 million in damages on the Brooklyn Nets'trademark, as RadarOnline reports. (Last year, Jay Z announced that he'd sell his shares of both the Nets and their home, Brooklyn's Barclays Center.)

The plaintiff is Dr. Francois de Cassagnol, who "claims he trademarked the name'Brooklyn Nets'long before the NBA team ever moved out of New Jersey," according to Radar. He claims that Jay Z, the NBA, and developer Bruce Ratner "fraudulently conspired" to use "loopholes" to get a patent for the team name although he registered it over 10 years back, according to court documents. Radar gets the documents here.


De Cassagnol is seeking a share of the team's value, which increased significantly simply because they moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012. He filed December 9 with the Eastern District of the State of New York and is seeking a juried trial.

According to Radar, the Patent Office previously ruled that the plaintiff's trademark application was filed "long after reports emerged about [the Nets] moving to Brooklyn" and that "none of the described uses of his Brooklyn Nets businesses were significant enough to overrule the NBA's federal trademark application."