According to the Detroit Free Press, ANTHRAX
is being sued by a Detroit artist and businessman who claims the band
is selling sweatshirts featuring his blue-and-white Happy Hanukkah
design. Aaron Cummins claims he created the original design for "The
Ugly Hanukkah Sweater" in 2012 and registered it with the U.S. Copyright
Office one year later. He has since been selling the sweatshirt through
his Detroit company, Wet House. Cummins claims in his lawsuit that the ANTHRAX Hanukkah sweater featuring his design first popped up online around last September and continues to be sold online at Rockabilia.com
Cummins is seeking at least $1 million in damages as well as an injunction to "permanently" stop the defendants from manufacturing, selling or marketing any more products that display the plaintiff's copyrighted Hanukkah sweater design
Frankie Blydenburgh, a Minnesota-based buyer for Rockabilia.com, told the Detroit Free Press that Rockabilia.com bought the ANTHRAX Hanukkah sweatshirts from a company called Global Merchandising Services, which is also a defendant in the lawsuit. It's up to the merchandising companies we buy from to get the items cleared and make sure there's no [copyright] issues," Blydenburgh said
Cummins is seeking at least $1 million in damages as well as an injunction to "permanently" stop the defendants from manufacturing, selling or marketing any more products that display the plaintiff's copyrighted Hanukkah sweater design