Obama Campaign Sues Company Over Merchandise

President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, Obama for America, sued a Washington-based promotional company on Wednesday for selling what it alleged was unauthorized merchandise. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Chicago, says Washington Promotions & Printing and its website, Demstore.com, violated trademark and unfair competition laws when they sold items featuring the so-called Rising Sun logo used in Obama’s campaigns.

Obama for America owns the trademarks for both the red, white and blue Rising Sun logo and design, the lawsuit said. The Rising Sun logo was used on ads, posters and other visual media by the Obama for America