Vans settles lawsuit with MSCHF over ‘Wavy Baby’ shoes
Dispute concluded with confidential settlement and injunction | Deal permanently prevents MSCHF from selling parody versions of Vans’ Old Skool trainers or using marks.
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3 May 2022 Vans can pursue a temporary restraining order against New York-based art collective MSCHF to prevent them from selling a custom line of “Wavy Baby” trainers, a district court has ruled.
6 December 2023 Appeals court says it's bound by the precedent set in Jack Daniel’s landmark win at SCOTUS | Art collective insists that its footwear product is a parody and comments on the consumerism inherent in ‘sneakerhead’ culture.
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