Jeff Dunham Sues T-Shirt Company for Ripping Him Off, Exploiting Pandemic

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Jeff Dunham is suing a company for allegedly ripping him off to sell shirts, including coronavirus-related products.

says a company is constantly ripping him off to sell shirts, but now it's gone way too far by doing the same thing with overpriced face masks, to try to profit off the COVID-19 pandemic ... and he's had it., Ooshirts, Inc. and sites like teechip.com have jacked the world-famous ventriloquism characters he spent years developing and are using them to sell merchandise ... including coronavirus-related masks and tees.

What's worse -- Dunham claims Ooshirts and its websites have"exploited the name, photograph, image and/or likeness of Jeff Dunham himself" in order to profit off its counterfeit products, which he says has led to fans questioning why he is trying to make money off a pandemic. Dunham says this is causing great harm to his reputation and his brand.

The comedian says he's been doing this routine with Lei and Ooshirts for a while, where he identifies infringing products and gets them taken down, but they always keep popping up with more ... so now he says"enough is enough." Dunham is suing for violating his right of publicity, as well as infringing on his copyrights and trademarks and wants more than $10 million in damages.

However, he tells TMZ ..."My wife and I intend to use proceeds recovered in this lawsuit to add to our continued contributions to charities benefiting COVID-19 relief efforts."

 

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Silence... I sue you!

Glad it’s not him doing it and he’s taking action.

I really loved Jeff Dunham's stuff on YouTube lately.

Really

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