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Singer claims retail chain ripped off her L.A.M.B.
Mar 13, 2009
Gwen Stefani has filed a lawsuit against a US retail chain, claiming they stole a design from her Harajuku Lovers clothing range.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, claims that the store Forever 21 is marketing, promoting and selling products featuring a design that is "virtually indistinguishable" from the cutesy heart logo used by Stefani's L.A.M.B. offshoot - with "Harajuku" simply changed to "Forever" and "Lovers" to "Love."
Since the small text change is "inconspicuous," the lawsuit claims, it's "unlikely to go unnoticed by a consumer" and is "confusingly similar."
Well, unless you look at the price, that is!
