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BAYC’s Yuga Labs Files Lawsuit Against RR/BAYC Creator Ryder Ripps

Yuga Labs, the NFT company behind BAYC and MAYC, has filed a suit against American conceptual artist and creator of NFT collection RR/BAYC, Ryder Ripps, and his partner Jeremy Cahen. Yuga Labs claims the creative director is “scamming consumers by misusing Yuga Labs’ trademarks.”

Yuga Labs accuses Ryder Ripps of intentional copyright infringementsIn the lawsuit filed on June 25, Yuga Labs pointed out Ripps’ deliberate attempts at making a caricature of the uniqueness of the BAYC collections by knowingly creating copycat NFTs using the exact same trademarks and marketing them to the general public.

Going further, Yuga noted that these copyright infringements are “not accidental”, but rather “calculated, intentional, and willful with the stated purpose of causing actual and monetary harm to Yuga Labs and to the holders of authentic Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.” The firm seeks a jury trial.