Overview

• Gas Drawls LLC filed a 32-page complaint on August 11 alleging Temu’s parent company Whaleco Inc. willfully infringed MF DOOM trademarks, engaged in unfair competition and misappropriated his likeness.
• The filing highlights dozens of purportedly counterfeit or confusingly similar MF DOOM-branded products, including t-shirts and art prints sold at bargain prices on Temu’s online marketplace.
• Estate lawyers warn that Temu’s systematic marketing of these items has damaged MF DOOM’s brand and could trigger treble damages plus up to $2 million per counterfeit mark in statutory penalties.
• The complaint asserts consumer confusion, claiming some buyers may have believed the estate had licensed or endorsed the merchandise.
• Whaleco (Temu) has not publicly responded to the lawsuit, leaving the dispute in its early litigation phase as it awaits the company’s formal reply.