FROM WASHINGTON EXAMINER: The New York Knicks sent New York City mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter after he ran an ad using their logo.
Mamdani’s campaign aired an ad on the Knicks’ season opener on Wednesday night, featuring the team’s iconic logo altered to have “Zohran” replace the central “Knicks.” It was spread over the campaign’s social media platforms and captioned, “This is our year. This is our time.”
The NBA heavyweight was quick to respond, sending the campaign a cease-and-desist letter. It affirmed its lack of endorsement in a statement sent to various media publications.
The statement read: “The NY Knicks have sent NYC Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a cease-and-desist letter for using the NY Knicks logo to promote his candidacy.”
“The Knicks want to make it clear that we do not endorse Mr. Mamdani for Mayor, and we object to his use of our copyrighted logo. We will pursue all legal remedies to enforce our rights,” it added.
Mamdani’s campaign was told to stop using all Knicks’ intellectual property on campaign and promotional material.
Those online ads were all removed as of Friday afternoon.
See the ad in the video below.
The information listed is from WashingtonExaminer.
