Dr. Dre says he lost billions due to fake Beats By Dr. Dre headphones coming out of china and he is suing to recover his lost earnings.
Dr. Dre and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine just made $3 billion selling the high end headphones brand to Apple. But the legendary rapper/producer says he could have been more filthy rich if it was not for Chinese knockoffs.
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According to TMZ, Dre is suing several companies in China that sells counterfeit cheeply made headphones with the Beats logo. The companies sells the headphones worldwide via several websites and raked in an estimated $135 Billion in revenue.
Dr. Dre wants a judge to stop all sales of the fake headphones, take over all the domain names and profits from the sales.