{"id":326,"date":"2018-05-02T10:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2018-05-13T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T15:38:28","slug":"plaintiff-pleads-plaid-pattern-plagiarized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Plaintiff Pleads Plaid Pattern Plagiarized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 2, 2018, Burberry Limited <a href=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Burberry.pdf\">sued<\/a>\u00a0Target Corporation in the Southern District of New York for trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin, and unfair competition.<\/p>\n<p>In some instances the products do look similar:<a href=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry-420x300.jpg 420w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry.jpg 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although in some even Burberry&#8217;s products do not look like Burberry&#8217;s products:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2.jpg\">S<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-328 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2-500x195.jpg 500w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/burberry2.jpg 1406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surely no one has\u00a0 a monopoly on camel plaid.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see how broad Burberry&#8217;s rights extend, and how close Target came.\u00a0 For example is this accused design an infringement?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Target1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Target1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Target1.jpg 522w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Target1-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trademarks.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Target1-316x300.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 2, 2018, Burberry Limited sued\u00a0Target Corporation in the Southern District of New York for trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin, and unfair competition. 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