ROBERTO CAVALLI is being sued by a group of Northern California-based graffiti artists who have accused him of copying their work. The street artists - Jason 'Revok' Williams, Victor 'Reyes' Chapa, and Jeffrey 'Steel' Rubin, - filed a suit at the Central District of California court, claiming that Roberto Cavalli's Just Cavalli label infringed their copyrights on a work they did in San Francisco's Mission district.
"Just Cavalli introduced a clothing and accessories collection in which every square inch of every piece - including clothing, bags, backpacks, and shoes - was adorned with graffiti art," the complaint states, The Fashion Law reported today. "If this literal misappropriation was not bad enough, Cavalli sometimes chose to do its own painting over that of the artists - superimposing the Just Cavalli name in spray-paint style as if were part of the original work. Sometimes, Cavalli added what appears to be a signature, creating the false impression that Roberto Cavalli himself was the artist."
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Cavalli Bites Back In Graffiti Case
The three street artists filed a suit at the Central District of California court, claiming that the Just Cavalli label infringed their copyrights on a work they did in San Francisco's Mission district. They asserted that images of their work were utilised in the brand's Graffiti collection, being altered by Just Cavalli without permission.
"If this literal misappropriation was not bad enough, Cavalli sometimes chose to do its own painting over that of the artists - superimposing the Just Cavalli name in spray-paint style as if were part of the original work," the lawsuit claims, The Fashion Law reports. "Sometimes, Cavalli added what appears to be a signature, creating the false impression that Roberto Cavalli himself was the artist."
From Vogue. http://www.vogue.co.uk/brand/just-cavalli
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Cavalli Bites Back In Graffiti Case
ROBERTO CAVALLI has unequivocally denied any wrongdoing, after a group of graffiti artists launched a lawsuit accusing the Just Cavalli label of plagiarising their work.
"In response to the recent lawsuit brought forward by artists Jason 'Revok' Williams, Victor 'Reyes' Chapa, and Jeffrey 'Steel' Rubin, the Roberto Cavalli company would like to state that no official notice of such suit has been received," a spokesperson for the label told NY Magazine's The Cut. "However, we have heard of some highly inflammatory allegations, which have no basis in fact and are incorrect; we intend to contest and defend against these allegations vigorously. In order to avoid the time and expense of unnecessary litigation, we also intend to communicate with the artists' attorneys to discuss a mutually agreeable resolution of the issues."
"If this literal misappropriation was not bad enough, Cavalli sometimes chose to do its own painting over that of the artists - superimposing the Just Cavalli name in spray-paint style as if were part of the original work," the lawsuit claims, The Fashion Law reports. "Sometimes, Cavalli added what appears to be a signature, creating the false impression that Roberto Cavalli himself was the artist."
From Vogue. http://www.vogue.co.uk/brand/just-cavalli