The family of the late rapper, Nipsey Hussle, are said to be worried and frustrated with how the Crips company have gone about the Marathon trademark, as they feel something is not right with the whole thing.
According to TMZ, a close source had reported that the family’s legal conflict with the Crips LLC who has gone corporate over the rights to Hussle’s “The Marathon Continues” slogan has carried on, leaving family members frustrated.
TMZ report added that the Crips organization filed a couple of trademarks for the phrase in 2019, one for clothing and one for various services.
Shortly afterwards, however, it apologized and vowed to back off, saying it would not get into a legal battle with the family, which has several Marathon trademarks of its own related to Nip’s clothing store.
So, it seemed like all would be well, but according to TMZ sources, the Crips didn’t take any action to withdraw its filings, which forced Nip’s family to lawyer up and file oppositions to the Marathon trademark applications.
The good news for the family, TMZ said, is that the Crips didn’t fight the opposition to the clothing trademark application by the deadline, so the application was deemed abandoned earlier this month.
There’s a good chance the same thing will happen with the other application too. But Crips LLC has gone silent about the issue … which hasn’t been helpful for the family