Kim Kardashian Sued For Patent Infringement

Copyright maybe, or even trade secret on certain bionic augmentations, but a patent? Yes, a man named Hooshmand Harooni claims the LuMee illuminated phone case Kardashian endorses, and with which she snaps hundreds if not thousands of selfies, was his invention. According to court papers, her endorsement and her pecuniary gain have come at the expense of Plaintiff Harooni, “the inventor of the ‘644 patent, the true pioneer and innovator of illuminated selfie cases.” He claims her infringing influence has unfairly deterred competition from his licensee, Snaplight, “which possesses exclusive rights to enforce the ‘644 patent.” Harooni is suing for $100 million in lost profits, and is asking that Kardashian stop promoting and using LuMee phone cases. A rep for the Kardashians called the lawsuit “another attempted shakedown.”