Ice Cube sues “unscrupulous and predatory” Robinhood app for posting his photo on its website
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completemusicupdate.comIce Cube has sued the company behind the recently newsworthy Robinhood stock-trading app. He accuses it of infringing his trademark and publicity rights by using his image and “catchphrase” on a post on its financial news service Robinhood Snacks.The Robinhood app, of course, played a key role in the GameStop short squeeze moment earlier this year.
That saw users of a Reddit group cause the share price in US gaming retailer GameStop to surge, mainly in a bid to screw over some Wall Street hedge funds which, some would argue, were in the process of screwing over GameStop.
In the midst of all that, Robinhood restricted the trading of GameStop shares via its platform, leading to accusations the app company was practising “market manipulation”.
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