LG Fashion Countersue Burberry for Obstruction of Business

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LG fashion countersued Burberry after Burberry claimed that LG fashion infringed the check pattern design. Burberry rasied this issue first, and filed a suit with the Seoul Central District Court. It demanded that LG fashion should prohibit the manufacture all the products with check patterns and pay 50 million won for compensation, chosun.com reported.

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But the check pattern is used by many companies and manufacturers including Aquasqutm, Topshop and Vivienne Westwood. LGfashion already proved that they have license agreement with Daks of British which had been used the check pattern over 100 years for the use of check pattern. LG fashion announced that Burberry accused many times for design infringement in past 10 years, and they will defend their business from Burberry’s overissue.  

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