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Steelers sue over multilingual 'Terrible Towels'

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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers say a western Pennsylvania man infringed on their "Terrible Towel" trademark by making knock-offs in different languages.

Nick Rossi says he began making the towels to raise money for Italian earthquake victims a few years ago before expanding production to other languages including Spanish and Hebrew.

The Ligonier man tells WTAE-TV he thinks his towels are a "new and improved version" of the ones sold by the Steelers to benefit mentally disabled children and adults at the Allegheny Valley School.

Rossi says he received cease & desist letters from the team but changed his design to get rid of "terrible" in any language.

A phone message left for the team early Thursday wasn't immediately returned.

Allegheny Valley School says the towels have raised more than $3 million.

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