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Pele
Pele (image by Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom via Wikipedia)

Football legend Pelé is suing tech giant Samsung for $30 million after claiming it deliberately used his lookalike in a newspaper ad.

Pelé IP Ownership LLC, which owns his exclusive trademark and publicity rights, has filed a lawsuit with a federal court in Chicago.

The complaint says the ad shows a man who “very closely resembles” Pelé, as well as a professional footballer making a “modified bicycle or scissors-kick, perfected and famously used by Pelé”.



The 75-year-old ex-sports star earns most of his income through product sponsorships.

He has alleged Samsung withdrew from talks to use his likeness in its marketing campaign before running the contentious ad.

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