Chris Brown and Reside Nation are going through a lawsuit from a Miami-based retailer referred to as Breezy Swim, which claims the R&B star’s Breezy Bowl XX stadium world tour rips off its logos with “copy-cat branding.”
The lawsuit arrives Wednesday (July 30) in Miami federal court docket, the very day that Brown is ready to launch the North American leg of his Breezy Bowl XX tour on the metropolis’s LoanDepot Park. The tour, which celebrates the twentieth anniversary of Brown’s self-titled debut album, started in Europe this previous June with promotion from Reside Nation.
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Breezy Swim, which has operated out of Miami since 2018, takes explicit situation with Brown bringing his tour to the town. The swimwear firm says it’s staged an annual runway present in Miami referred to as “Breezy Bowl” since 2023, and Brown’s present threatens to confuse customers and dilute its model.
“A routine Google search of ‘Breezy Bowl’ shows Breezy Swim’s 2023–2024 runway reveals immediately beside Chris Brown’s 2025 ‘Breezy Bowl’ merchandise,” reads the authorized criticism. “Compounding the overlap, Brown’s tour advertises its official ‘Breezy Bowl’ after-party at LIV Nightclub — the an identical Miami venue that hosted plaintiff’s Breezy Bowl on July 21, 2024. Prospects have even requested if Chris Brown will attend Breezy Swimwear’s ‘Breezy Bowl’ occasion.”
Breezy Swim additionally claims Brown has infringed its logos by promoting swimwear branded with Brown’s “Breezy” nickname as merch for the tour. This consists of bikinis emblazoned with the moniker “Crew Breezy” and one-piece swimsuits with the emblem “Breezy Bowl XX.”
The lawsuit names Brown’s merchandise companions, Merch Site visitors and Shopify, as defendants alongside the singer and Reside Nation. Breezy Swim is asking for financial damages, plus a court docket injunction that will block the usage of its logos for each the tour and merch gross sales.
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“Huge names shouldn’t be allowed to steamroll the small companies that feed households and drive our native economic system,” says Breezy Swim’s lawyer, John Hoover, in an announcement despatched to Billboard on Wednesday. “Fame doesn’t put anybody above the legislation.”
Reps for Brown, Reside Nation, Merch Site visitors and Shopify didn’t instantly return requests for remark.
These trademark infringement claims are usually not the primary authorized points to plague the Breezy Bowl XX tour. The tour’s future was thrown into query in Could, when Brown was arrested in the U.K. for allegedly attacking a music producer with a bottle at a London nightclub in 2023.
It was initially unclear whether or not Brown would have the ability to go ahead with the tour following his arrest, however he was finally granted release on a $6.7 million bail bundle and given permission to journey for the concert events. The singer has appeared in court throughout breaks between reveals to plead not responsible to the felony prices.