Aldrin says the company is unfairly profiting from the image of him on the moon.
Buzz Aldrin as photographed by Neil Armstrong July 20, 1969. (NASA)
KTLA News
9:01 p.m. PST, December 29, 2010
LOS ANGELES -- Former lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin Wednesday sued a maker of trading cards over the use of an iconic photo of him on the surface of the moon.
The 80-year-old Aldrin sued Topps Inc. this week in federal court in Los Angeles, saying the company had unfairly profited from his historic achievement when they used the photograph of Aldrin standing on the moon in a series of "American Heroes" trading cards.
Topps attorney Michael Kahn told the Los Angeles Times that the firm has a First Amendment right to include a factual description of the Apollo 11 mission and it included an image of Aldrin in his lunar suit because he is "an American hero."
The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages and an order prohibiting Topps from marketing the cards.
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