by Kandiss Edwards
July 31, 2025
On June 18, Featherstone Leisure, based by Cylia Senii, filed swimsuit in New York claiming T.I. lifted the identify of her net collection.
Clifford “T.I.” Harris Jr. has filed a response in an ongoing trademark infringement lawsuit over his new movie Situationships.
On June 18, Featherstone Leisure, based by Cylia Senii, filed swimsuit in New York claiming T.I. lifted the identify of her net collection. The collection debuted on YouTube in 2016. Senii’s Situationships later streamed on BET Digital, Amazon Prime and Tubi.
Now, the rapper and his manufacturing firm, Grand Hustle Movies, have responded to the trademark dispute filed within the Southern District of New York. T.I.’s authorized group contends the title is simply too generic for trademark safety. They assert Senii has not established unique possession or adequate recognition of the model.
Attorneys additionally questioned the selection of venue, proposing that Georgia is extra applicable given the situation of events and witnesses.
A federal decide has issued a preliminary injunction barring Grand Hustle Movies from selling, distributing, or utilizing the title Situationships whereas the case proceeds.
T.I. maintains the title was not actively being marketed, nor was it concretely established as the ultimate identify of the movie.
Senii’s grievance alleges the defendants are “partaking in a standard scheme and energy to reap the benefits of the general public’s affiliation of Featherstone’s ‘Situationships’ model by advertising and marketing their very own movie and entitling it ‘Situationships.’”
She additionally claims that different variations of her collection had been within the works between 2019 and 2024 and that she was growing tv and movie initiatives related to the identify. T.I.’s group proceeded with related plans regardless of being conscious of her work.
Senii is in search of monetary damages and a courtroom order stopping the movie’s launch beneath the contested identify. T.I. and Grand Hustle Movies have but to subject a public remark.
No launch date has been introduced for the movie, which T.I. wrote. He may even direct and star within the undertaking.
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