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  • CTBUH Skyscraper Report 2018

    China bans copycat architecture and restricts supertall skyscrapers

    The Chinese government has issued a decree "strictly prohibiting" the plagiarism of buildings in the country and severely limiting the construction of supertall skyscrapers. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 14 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Morag Myerscough calls out Sulafest

    Festival in India offers Morag Myerscough "unequivocal apology" for copying her work

    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

    India Block | 6 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Marc Jacobs Nirvana

    Nirvana sues Marc Jacobs for using iconic smiley face logo

    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

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 3 January 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Es Devlin Lorde

    Glass boxes "not in any way new" says Es Devlin following Lorde and Kanye's set design spat

    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

    Augusta Pownall | 15 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Moooi authentication app

    Moooi fights back against knock-off products with authentication app

    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

    Augusta Pownall | 12 November 2018 | Leave a comment
  • EU gives two fingers to Kit-Kat's four finger design

    KitKat loses EU court appeal for four-finger chocolate bar trade mark

    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

    Augusta Pownall | 13 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Kamarq

    Kamarq launches colourful rentable furniture but pulls item after copying claims

    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

    Bridget Cogley | 16 May 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Levi's sues Kenzo for trade mark infringement over use of red pocket tab

    Levi's has accused French fashion brand Kenzo of copying the famous red tabs of its jeans. More

    Alice Morby | 9 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Dubai Frame opens amid claims of copyright infringement

    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

    Jessica Mairs | 11 January 2018 | 7 comments
  • Architects are suffering from "originality syndrome" and should copy more, says Winy Maas

    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

    Marcus Fairs | 20 October 2017 | 19 comments
  • Toblerone is in a trade mark dispute with Poundland

    Poundland set to challenge Toblerone's trademarked chocolate bar shape in court

    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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 17 August 2017 | Leave a comment
  • "Call us dull, call us sellouts, call us gentrifiers – just don't call us copycats"

    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

    Phineas Harper | 18 July 2017 | 11 comments
  • Poundland Twin Peaks bar

    Poundland's mountain-inspired chocolate bar sparks legal battle with Toblerone

    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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 18 July 2017 | 8 comments
  • Adidas faces lawsuit over Art Basel-branded trainers

    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

    Alice Morby | 7 June 2017 | 10 comments
  • IKEA's blue bag has been reimagined as a $38 baseball hat

    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

    Alice Morby | 2 May 2017 | 15 comments
  • Balenciaga sells £1,705 version of IKEA's blue tote bag worth 40p

    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

    Alice Morby | 19 April 2017 | 24 comments
  • Jeff Koons recreates the Mona Lisa on a Louis Vuitton handbag

    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

    Amy Frearson | 11 April 2017 | 18 comments
  • 26 Australian designers "hack" Jasper Morrison's Hal chair to call attention to knock-off culture

    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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 23 March 2017 | 12 comments
  • Copyright has "gone too far" and ideas should belong to everyone, says David Byrne

    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

    Marcus Fairs | 30 January 2017 | 9 comments
  • e15 claims bestselling IKEA bed is a copy of its design

    Bestselling IKEA bed infringes design right claims e15

    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

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 2 December 2016 | 46 comments
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