June 20, 2025
Cylia Senii initiated the swimsuit claiming the Harrises’ use of the title infringes upon her beforehand established internet sequence of the identical title.
Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr. and his spouse, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are going through a lawsuit for titling their new movie Situationships.
Cylia Senii initiated the swimsuit claiming the Harrises’ use of the title infringes upon her beforehand established internet sequence of the identical title and constitutes unfair competitors. Senii had beforehand distributed her work to a number of streaming platforms, together with YouTube, Amazon Prime, and Tubi, Baller Alert reported.
Senii’s lawsuit states that she produced her work, Situationships, from 2019 – 2024. Her authorized staff contends that the Harrises’ resolution to make use of the identical title for his or her challenge has triggered confusion within the market. Moreover, it asserts the usage of “Situationships” unjustly capitalized on the popularity Senii had already garnered for her work.
“Defendants are participating in a standard scheme and energy to benefit from the general public’s affiliation of Featherstone’s ‘Situationships’ model by advertising their very own movie and entitling it ‘Situationships,’” reads the criticism, filed by her Atlanta-based firm, Featherstone Leisure.
The authorized criticism moreover factors out that T.I. didn’t reply to a cease-and-desist discover despatched in December. Moreover, it states that considered one of his latest trademark functions acquired an preliminary denial due to the sturdy chance of it being mistaken for her present model
Senii claims that she had constructed a major following and model round her movie earlier than the Harrises’ manufacturing. The title is utilized in a number of Featherstone Leisure properties, together with the net sequence and a podcast of the identical title. Senii is searching for damages and an injunction to forestall the Harrises from additional utilizing the Situationships title on the already launched BET+ film.
T.I. and Tiny Harris, notable figures in music and actuality tv, have but to problem a public assertion addressing the allegations. The married couple is at the moment embroiled in a lawsuit with MGA Leisure over accusations of copying the likeness of the OMG Girlz group. Although the couple was just lately awarded $71 million, MGA is searching for to overturn the judgment.
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