Revlon Winds Down Britney Spears Perfume Trade Secrets Case (1)

Revlon Consumer Products LLC settled claims an ex-employee stole its trade secrets and perfume-licensing relationship with Britney Spears, a month after her new company announced a deal to buy the fragrance rights and end the suit.

Revlon and Ashley Fass settled claims she helped Give Back Beauty SA poach Revlon subsidiary Elizabeth Arden Inc.'s two-decade licensing arrangement with Britney Brands LLC, according to a March 18 filing in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. That comes six days after the court granted Revlon and Give Back Beauty’s March 11 joint motion to dismiss, after Give ...