Suit Filed Against Kohl's for Potential T-Shirt Design Theft

While the fashion industry ratchets up their efforts to legally be able to stop design copycats, the long tradition of large retailers selling knock-offs of work by individual designers or small shops still marches on. The St. Paul Business Journal reports that designer Heidi Panelli has taken Kohl’s to court over a t-shirt design now sold by the retailer that she claims is far too close to one she had been selling on her site for years.

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