T-Pain has used the pitch correction software extensively throughout his career and had teamed up with Antares to promote its Auto-Tune items. But his deal with Antares ended in June, and T-Pain partnered with rival firm Izotope to create his own range of sound effects, called The T-Pain Effect.
The hip-hop star is demanding at least $1 million in damages, reports AllHipHop.com. He is also asking a California judge to issue an injunction preventing Antares from using anything that could connect T-Pain to the company's Auto-Tune devices, claiming it could substantially damage sales of his Izotope products.
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