Former professional tennis player Andre Agassi has sued Target Corp. for allegedly illegally using his name on more than 52,500 pairs of “Agassi” sandals sold at its stores nationwide and through Internet retailer Amazon.com. The sandals are sold under the “Mossimo Agassi” name.
Agassi, who's being represented by Santoro, Driggs, Walch, Kearney, Holley and Thompson law firm in Las Vegas, learned in June that Target had been selling sandals using the star's name without permission from Agassi Enterprises, Inc., a Nevada Corp. According to papers filed in Nevada District Court, Target told Agassi's lawyers in July that using the athletes name was consistent with its practice of using men's names on certain footwear, although Agassi had already requested a month earlier that his name and the sandals be removed from store shelves.
The suite estimates that to date, Target has made more than $600,000 from sales of Agassi sandals.
