In brief
- PEI Licensing is suing Pudgy Penguins on allegations of trademark infringement.
- The firm, which operates the Original Penguin brand, claims that Pudgy’s marks “mislead” and “deceive” consumers.
- The firm claims to have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the crypto brand as early as 2023.
The firm behind global brands like Perry Ellis and Original Penguin is suing Pudgy Penguins—the crypto brand born out of the Ethereum NFT collection of the same name—for trademark infringement, a Wednesday filing in the District Court for the Southern District of Florida shows.
PEI Licensing, which operates the Original Penguin brand, alleged that Pudgy Penguins’ “unauthorized use and attempted registration of various Penguin word and…
