Fashion Law Blog, as always , is on the case..
Yes, scrunchies are the focal point in a new declaratory judgment action that a Chinese Amazon seller has initiated, alleging that a “substantial controversy” exists in light of a Michigan-based company’s assertion that the two companies’ velvet hair scrunchies are a bit too similar for comfort.
According to the complaint that Handong Honghui Food Machinery Co., Ltd dba Seven Style (“Seven Style”) filed in a federal court in Los Angeles last week against Wouldn’t It Be Nice LLC (“WIBN LLC”), Shandong-based Seven Style claims that it received an email from Amazon in June “stating that their listing for [their Premium Velvet Hair Scrunchies] was removed based on a third-party complaint for the potential intellectual property infringement.” The intellectual property at issue? A design patent for the ornamental design of a scrunchie held by WIBN LLC.
Full article: http://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/scrunchies-are-at-the-center-of-a-new-design-patent-infringement-lawsuit
