NBA star Kawhi Leonard sues Nike over rights to his logo NBC News
Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard is suing Nike for rights to a logo that he says he created. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Leonard said that in 2011, after being drafted to the NBA, he “authored a unique logo that included elements that were meaningful and unique to him.” Leonard, 27, who will face the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California, on Wednesday night in Game 3 of the title series, had an endorsement contract with Nike until 2018. He is now the face of footwear and apparel company New Balance. “Leonard traced h…