Coach Hits Gap With Trademark Suit Over T-Shirts at Old Navy

The maker of Coach products alleges that Gap Inc. is selling Old Navy apparel that infringes the Coach trademark, according to a new complaint.

Tapestry Inc. has registered multiple trademarks for the Coach brand, in use since 1941 according to the complaint filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The mark, first registered in 1963, is exclusively associated with Coach and recognized for indicating “high quality products,” the complaint asserts.

But Gap didn’t have permission or license to use the Coach mark on, as examples, two Old Navy T-shirts, one of which is an Old ...