Drake and 21 Savage have been hit with a temporary restraining order following their use of Vogue trademarks to promote their new album, “Her Loss.” The order comes after Vogue owner Condé Nast filed a $4 million copyright infringement lawsuit against the recording artists, contending that the faux collaboration they touted with the fashion magazine was unauthorized.
The “Circo Loco” rappers have been directed to halt use of the magazine's trademarks and remove from Instagram and other social media the posts featuring them on the Vogue-branded covers they produced, as required by a temporary restraining order issued by a federal court on Wednesday. That’s when Vogue notched its first small victory in the lawsuit, which it filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Federal Judge Jed S. Rakoff on Wednesday sided with Condé Nast — formally Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. — in its arguments of “sufficient proof” that the hip-hop stars and their communications firm Hiltzik Strategies used the magazine’s registered U.S. trademarks and likeness of Editor in Chief Anna Wintour without authorization to falsely promote the album, according to a copy of the restraining order obtained Friday by the Los Angeles Times.
