Lego Must Face ‘Queer Eye’ Jacket Art Copyright, Trademark Suit

Lego Systems Inc. can’t escape an artist’s copyright and trade dress claims over a jacket in its “Queer Eye - the Fab 5 Loft” lego set, a Connecticut federal judge ruled.

A complaint by James Concannon sufficiently alleged that Lego copied enough of his jacket that a jury could find it infringed, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut said Wednesday. He also adequately pled a combination of stylistic elements that could constitute trade dress, while Lego failed to prove consumers wouldn’t think he endorsed its “Queer Eye” set, the court said.

The Lego litigation is yet another ...