New York Man Sues Gap Over Logo

Robert Lopez claims Lower East Side design is a rip-off

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The Gap Inc. has unwittingly stepped right in the middle of a Lower East Side turf war. And if history has anything to teach the company, it may have met its match in a Clinton Street underdog with a knack for printing coveted T-shirts.

Local clothing designer Robert Lopez sued the Gap in Manhattan Federal Court Wednesday after finding out that Old Navy, one of its subsidiaries, has been selling a T-shirt with a nearly identical logo to one of his.

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