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Moschino SUED for Katy Perry dress
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In a complaint filed on Wednesday in California federal court, the renowed street artist Rime alleges that Moschino and Jeremy Scott took one of his giant murals entitled "Vandal Eyes," now adorning the broad side of a building in Detroit, and placed it on Perry's dress.
"If this literal misappropriation were not bad enough, Moschino and Jeremy Scott did their own painting over that of the Artist -- superimposing the Moschino and Jeremy Scott brand names in spray-paint style as if part of the original work," states the complaint. Rime is going to court with copyright, unfair competition and publicity rights claims.
He says that the Perry dress "was meant to provoke and generate publicity for the brand/designer" -- and that Perry was paid to display the clothing at a party that fueled story after story in the fashion press. "Not only did Ms. Perry and Defendant Scott advertise, wear, and display the clothing at the event, they arrived at the event in a spray painted Rolls Royce, and even carried around Moschino-branded cans of fake spray paint during the event, as if Defendants were responsible for the artwork," adds the suit.
This latest lawsuit not only charges the defendants with stealing original expression and falsifying copyright management information (Rimes' tag), but also rather interestingly, asserting a claim for misappropriation of the plaintiff's name and likeness through its marketing endeavors. An injunction is demanded as well as disgorgement of profits and further monetary damages. The lawsuit notes that Perry made a number of "worst dressed" lists after the Met Gala.
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