Appeals
court orders The U.S. Fashion brand Urban Outfitters to pay a Los Angeles
fabric manufacturer $530,000.
Flickr.com @Karen
According to the Los Angeles Times, Unicolors
Inc. insists that Urban Outfitters infringed on its fabric copyright with the
sale of a dress at Free People stores that had a complicated palm frond and
feather print.
Image from WWD.com
Unicolors’ copyrighted design left/ the Free People design right.
The Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Urban Outfitter’s argument
by insisting that
the lower court was overly subjective of the fabric
when they made decision. and 'a striking similarity' between two works may give rise to a permissible inference of copying.
Thus, The Ninth Circuit affirmed the underlying ruling in its entirety, and ordered Urban to cover the costs of the appeal litigation.
None of them are able to be reached for comment.
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