Sulafest music festival in India has apologised to British designer Morag Myerscough for copying her colourful pavilion design, promising to commission original work in future. More
Representatives of rock band Nirvana are suing Marc Jacobs for using its copyrighted smiley face logo in the fashion designer's latest collection and campaign. More
Set designers Es Devlin and John McGuire have responded to singer Lorde's accusation that Kanye West stole the design of his latest live show, by stating that glass boxes are nothing new. More
Moooi has given each of its products a unique digital identity that customers can access by scanning with a mobile app, to instantly verify the item's authenticity. More
Nestlé has lost a long-running legal battle to win the European trade mark for the four-fingered design of its KitKat chocolate bar. More
Japanese furniture brand Kamarq has launched in New York with a collection of products that users can rent monthly, but pulled a design shortly afterwards amid plagiarism accusations. More
Levi's has accused French fashion brand Kenzo of copying the famous red tabs of its jeans. More
The controversial Dubai Frame has opened to the public, despite an ongoing copyright dispute with architect Fernando Donis, who won a competition to design the observation tower over a decade ago. More
Architects and designers are too obsessed with being original and should get over their aversion to copying others, according to a new book co-written by Winy Maas of MVRDV. More
Toblerone diluted its trade mark when it released a savings-driven redesign of its chocolate bar last year, retail chain Poundland is set to argue in the UK courts. More
Architects shouldn't be stifled by their disdain for copying successful ideas, from Assemble's pop-up cinema to Shigeru Ban's cardboard structures, says Phineas Harper in his latest Opinion column. More
Confectionary giant Mondelez and British chain Poundland are locked in a feud over the discount store's new Toblerone-esque chocolate bar called Twin Peaks. More
The organisers of Swiss fair Art Basel have filed a lawsuit against Adidas for using the event's name and branding without permission on a limited-edition pair of trainers. More
Following on from Balenciaga's recent take on the IKEA Frakta bag, Los Angeles fashion brands Pleasures and Chinatown Market have made a baseball hat from the 40p tote. More
Luxury fashion brand Balenciaga has designed a large blue tote bag that bears a striking resemblance to IKEA's iconic Frakta bag, but with a significantly higher price tag. More
Artist Jeff Koons has teamed up with fashion house Louis Vuitton to create a collection of bags and accessories featuring imitations of some of the world's most famous paintings. More
Melbourne Design Week has put the focus on Australia's legal replica furniture market with an exhibition of fake Jasper Morrison chairs that have been burned, cut, glitter-bombed and otherwise altered. More
Copyright protection lasts too long and should be shortened, according to musician David Byrne, speaking at a design festival at the new A/D/O space in New York this weekend. More
German brand e15 is taking IKEA to Germany's highest court over a bed it claims is copied from one of its own designs. More
Craft, technology and "evolving notions of copying" are among the themes explored by one of the broadest collections of Asia-centric design, which has just gone on display in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District. More
