Ray-Ban tells Rand Paul to stop selling sunglasses on website

DALLAS, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential hopeful Rand Paul had to pull Ray-Ban sunglasses from his virtual campaign store after the company that makes the eyewear lodged a complaint.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., sold the so-called Rand Brand sunglasses in the store, along with items like NSA Spy Cam blockers, bag toss games and flip-flops that have been renamed sandals after raising a few eyebrows.

But Ray-Ban wasn't too happy about its product -- selling for $150 -- being sold in Rand's merchandise store.

"When we learned that the Rand Paul campaign was selling Ray-Ban sunglasses imprinted with the "Rand" logo without our consent, we sent them a formal request to remove the product from their site, which they did promptly," Jane Lehman, spokeswoman for Ray-Ban public relations firm Luxottica, told CBS News in a statement.

"After a formal request from us, they promptly removed the product from their site and agreed to cease any further use of our trademarks," she told The Hill.

"Ray-Ban is not at all a political brand - we're focused on making sunglasses that people love," she said.