Knockoffs don\u2019t just happen in the fashion industry, as this case demonstrates. Here a lighter is the leading light in a lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Most people tend to think of knockoffs in terms of the fashion industry: a knockoff of a famous designer\u2019s dress, shoes, handbag or jacket, etc. \u201cThink McQueen vs. Madden, a rather famous shoe knockoff lawsuit. <\/span>While clothing seems to have been the major source of the latest knockoff lawsuits, it looks like other companies are getting fed up with people copying their designs and trying to pass them off as their own. Witness this latest case of lighter-making giant Zippo Manufacturing Company who is suing four Chinese companies,\u201d suggested David Alden Erikson, a Los Angeles fashion law attorney.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just the lawsuit that is making headlines in this case; it\u2019s the fact that Zippo is going to be laying off about 15% of their production line workers, in part (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Knockoffs don\u2019t just happen in the fashion industry, as this case demonstrates. Here a lighter is the leading light in a lawsuit. Most people tend to think of knockoffs in terms of the fashion industry: a knockoff of a famous…<\/span><\/p>\n