BAYC parent company Yuga Labs has reached a lawsuit settlement with Thomas Lehman, who built the website and smart contracts for Ryder Ripps' BAYC replica RR/BAYC series. The terms of the settlement include prohibiting Thomas Lehman from using any BAYC logo in any way, destroying any Publicly displaying BAYC logo material and destroying any RR/BAYC NFTs he owns. Yuga Labs filed a lawsuit against Thomas Lehman on January 20, 2023, alleging his role in coding and developing the RR/BAYC NFT smart contract and the "rrbayc.com" website to sell replica NFTs. Foresight News previously reported that Ryder Ripps has been investigating BAYC and its creator Yuga Labs since December 2021, believing that BAYC has extensive ties to Internet Nazi troll culture, and launched the RR/BAYC series of BAYC imitation disks; last year In June, Yuga Labs filed a lawsuit against Ryder Ripps, accusing them of copying and selling Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) series NFTs and disparaging their original products, and the case is still ongoing.