Naval Battle Ends as Emeco, Restoration Hardware Settle Chair Dispute
From left, Emeco’s famous Navy Chair and a Restoration Hardware “Naval Chair” ripoff.
Restoration Hardware has raised the white–make that Silver Sage!–flag in the dispute concerning its “Naval Chair,” a shameless rip-off of Emeco’s Navy Chair, the aluminum classic designed by the Hanover, Pennsylvania-based company in 1944 for the U.S. Navy and in production ever since. In October 2012, Emeco announced that it was suing Restoration Hardware and its former CEO, Gary Friedman, for infringement of Emeco’s trade dress and trademark rights for its Navy Chair.
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