March 31, 2023
Retail giant Walmart and mall clothing merchant American Eagle Outfitters resolved a trademark infringement dispute about stitching on jeans Friday in a Pennsylvania federal court, agreeing to settle the matter quietly.
March 22, 2023
American Eagle Outfitters Inc. can submit printouts of online reviews and resellers' listings identifying Walmart's women's jeans as "American Eagle" or lookalikes as evidence of actual confusion caused by Walmart's alleged copying of its back-pocket stitching design, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
July 15, 2022
There are too many facts up in the air for American Eagle Outfitters Inc. to obtain summary judgment in its lawsuit accusing Walmart Inc. of blatantly copying the pattern of stitching on the back pocket of its women's jeans, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday.
July 07, 2022
Walmart so blatantly copied American Eagle Outfitters' distinctive pattern of stitching on the back pockets of its women's jeans that a Pennsylvania federal court should grant summary judgment on claims that the retail giant violated the Lanham Act, American Eagle's counsel argued Thursday.