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50 Cent says Remy Martin is attempting to ruin his Branson Cognac brand because they are scared of competition!

Rap star 50 Cent says Remy Martin is attempting to ruin his Branson Cognac brand and drive him out of the market because they are scared of competition! 50 Cent claims spirits brand Remy Martin is attempting to ruin his cognac business. In August, Remy Cointreau filed a lawsuit against 50s company Sire Spirits. Remy claims 50 Cents brand Branson Cognac willfully and blatantly copied their bottle design from XO Cognac. No brand or company has the right to exclude others from making or selling curved bottles for cognac or other alcohol, 50 Cent lawyer Reena Jain explained. Nonetheless, Remy Martin is on a mission to eliminate Sire Spirits from the cognac market. 50 Cent founded Sire Spirits in 2014 when he did a deal with Beam Suntory to market the EFFEN brand of vodka. After his success with EFFEN, 50 founded two subsidiaries Sire Champagnes to market his champagne brand Le Chemin du Roi and Sire Brown, which created the Branson Cognac brand. 50 says he was inspired to design his bottle based on canteens used by soldiers during the Civil War. The rapper also wanted to create a bottle that would reflect light from all angles. After the design for his bottle was completed, 50 Cent says he filed trademarks for the Branson Bottle on February 6th, 2020, with The United States Patent and Trademark Office with no opposition. According to 50 Cents legal team, the lawsuit has nothing to do with the bottle and everything to do with competition. They claim Remy Martin has been targeting 50 Cents brand with meritless claims since the beginning of the year. In France, Remy Martin filed a lawsuit against Sire Spirits bottler Cognac Embouteillage. In April of 2021, Remy Martin finally filed a notice of opposition with the USPTO over the rappers bottle design. But 50s lawyers say that not one of Remy Martins designs is similar to his Branson Bottle, let alone substantially identical. The rappers team says Remy Martins complaint fails to state any claim for willful patent infringement and is nothing but meritless litigation to destroy a competitor financially. Remy Martins efforts to monopolize the cognac market and draw spirits into a multi-front legal battle in order to force an exorbitant settlement should not be allowed to continue, Reena Jain said. 50 Cent is asking for Remy Martins lawsuit against Branson Cognac to be dismissed with prejudice and he also wants a judge to make the company pay the legal bills he has incurred. Posted in Exclusives News Read more