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T.I. has been accused of intellectual property theft. The Atlanta rapper (real name Clifford Harris Jr) is set to release a new movie called Situationships, but a web series producer has claimed he stole the title from her.

Production company Featherstone Entertainment, owned by creator Cylla Senii, filed the lawsuit on June 18th, alleging trademark infringement.

Senii launched her Situationships series about millennial dating on YouTube in 2016, which has been picked up by Amazon Prime, BET Digital, and Tubi. Last year, she discovered T.I. was writing, directing, and starring in a comedy film of the same name, alleging intentional infringement.

According to Billboard, her attorney said, “Defendants are engaging in a common scheme and effort to take advantage of the public’s association of Featherstone’s ‘Situationships’ brand by marketing their own film and entitling it ‘Situationships’.”

Senii claims she sent a cease-and-desist in December, but T.I. never replied. She also challenged his attempts to secure the “Situationships” trademark.

Citing T.I. and his wife Tiny’s intellectual property battle against MGA Entertainment, her lawyer added, “Unfortunately, T.I. is engaging in the same conduct he fought so vigorously to protect himself from in his own intellectual property lawsuit.”

Senii is seeking damages and attempting to block T.I. from releasing his movie. She accuses the rapper and Grand Hustle Films of trademark infringement, unfair competition, and civil conspiracy.

During an interview with Voyage ATL earlier this year, Senii spoke about her love of creating. “I love to create, I love the art of storytelling – whether through filmmaking, acting, directing, writing, or producing and whether it’s a project I’ve created or a project that I truly support,” she said. “Bringing my art to life and seeing it resonate with others fills me with a lot of joy.”