Dr. Martens maker AirWair Intl. Ltd. hit BooHoo Group PLC with a suit alleging the company is violating its trademarks by copying its iconic footwear.
Boohoo Group and several related companies—BooHoo.com UK Ltd., Nasty Gal Ltd., and Prettylittlething.com Ltd.—began copying AirWair’s shoes as early as 2016, and have continuously infringed AirWair’s copyrights since then, the company says in its suit filed July 16 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The defendants’ business model is to copy the distinctive look of other brands, rather than create something new and unique, AirWair also alleges.
And the defendants ...
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