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Birkenstock wins copyright dispute against Scapino in the Netherlands

Dutch retail chain Scapino has infringed the copyright of several Birkenstock shoe models. This was the conclusion reached by the Midden-Nederland court in a ruling published this week. Specifically, the decision concerns the Madrid, Arizona and Florida models, whose designs were copied to a “significant extent”, according to the court. Scapino...

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Copyright: online retailer Nelly appeals Shein ruling

The Swedish Nelly Group, a publicly listed online fashion retailer in the Nordic region, has appealed the recent ruling in its legal dispute with Chinese fashion giant Shein. The case began in 2023 when Nelly discovered that Shein had used more than 30 of the company's product images without permission. Although Shein removed the images after...

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Diesel sued by L.A. artist for copyright infringement

Italian streetwear giant Diesel is being sued by a Los Angeles-based artist for a campaign it released with photographer Terry Richardson. The artist, Haleigh Nickerson, filed a copyright lawsuit alleging Diesel used one of her works for an advertisement. The complaint states: “The unauthorized image, blatantly a derivative image and...

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Amiri sues Zara

American brand Amiri is suing Zara for allegedly copying its Amiri MX2 jeans the former selling them under the name Combination Skinny Biker Jeans. Amiri filed its complaint in federal court in Los Angeles demanding 3 million dollars in compensation from Zara's parent company Inditex. The lawsuit Amiri filed claims that details of the jeans,...

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Off-White in trademark infringement dispute, again

Last April U.S. fashion label Off-White by Virgil Abloh filed a trademark infringement complaint against jewellery brand Rastaclat for using quotation marks around words and that its bracelet "was infringing several Off-White trademarks." According to the World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR), Off-White said it has extensively used quotation...

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Is the fashion industry guilty of manipulating cultural heritage for financial gain?

The women embroiderers of the remote Mexican mountain village of Tenango de Doria made worldwide headlines this week when their government went to war with an American designer for "plagiarising" their patterns. Wes Gordon, the artistic director of the New York label founded by Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera, found himself accused of...