Singer Katy Perry Goes After Designer Katie Perry, While Kay Celine Sues Stein Mart

Outside of maybe the music business, the fashion industry is perhaps one of the most litigious in regard to copyright law. Following Trovata‘s court battle against Forever 21 last month (which ended in a mistrial, but with Trovata sounding ready to get back in there to try another day), we learned of a couple more interesting fashion-based battles. First up, the Kay Celine design firm is going after discount retailer Stein Mart for “knowingly reproducing and selling clothes that feature a Kay Celine design since at least March.”