by Kandiss Edwards
June 20, 2025
Cylia Senii initiated the go well with claiming the Harrises’ use of the title infringes upon her beforehand established net collection of the identical identify.
Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr. and his spouse, Tameka “Tiny” Harris, are dealing with a lawsuit for titling their new movie Situationships.
Cylia Senii initiated the go well with claiming the Harrises’ use of the title infringes upon her beforehand established net collection of the identical identify 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 crew contends that the Harrises’ choice to make use of the identical title for his or her challenge has brought on 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 partaking in a standard scheme and energy to make the most of the general public’s affiliation of Featherstone’s ‘Situationships’ model by advertising and marketing their very own movie and entitling it ‘Situationships,’” reads the grievance, filed by her Atlanta-based firm, Featherstone Leisure.
The authorized grievance moreover factors out that T.I. didn’t reply to a cease-and-desist discover despatched in December. Moreover, it states that certainly one of his latest trademark functions acquired an preliminary denial due to the robust chance of it being mistaken for her present model
Senii claims that she had constructed a big following and model round her movie earlier than the Harrises’ manufacturing. The title is utilized in a number of Featherstone Leisure propertiestogether with the online collection and a podcast of the identical identify. Senii is in search of damages and an injunction to stop 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 present embroiled in a lawsuit with MGA Leisure over accusations of copying the likeness of the OMG Girlz group. Although the couple was lately awarded $71 million, MGA is in search of to overturn the judgment.
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