"Urban Outfitters reached a settlement with the Navajo Nation after illegally using the tribe’s name for a collection that included “Navajo hipster panties” and a “Navajo print flask”. The lawsuit was brought against the fashion company in 2012, though it had used the name since 2001... The tribe registered the name Navajo as a trademark in 1943, according to court documents."
Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Sunday, November 20, 2016
Urban Outfitters settles with Navajo Nation after illegally using tribe's name; Guardian, 11/18/16
Nicky Woolf, Guardian; Urban Outfitters settles with Navajo Nation after illegally using tribe's name:
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