Topshop And Rihanna'S Right Of Portrait Litigation

British court of Appeal dismissed UK high street brand

The appeal upheld the original judgment and sentenced Topshop to infringe on the portrait right of pop singer Rihanna Rihanna.

Topshop began selling vest with Rihanna portraits in the We Found Love video tapes in 2012, and Topshop did not get permission from Rihanna Rihanna and photo photographers.

Although celebrities do not have the right to portrait in the United Kingdom, the company may infringe on the use of a star portrait without permission, and for this reason, Rihanna

Naturally, the high street brand was brought to court.

Then the T-shirt named "Rihanna Tank" was renamed as "Headscarf Girl Tank" and "Icon Tank" on the Topshop brand website.

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Not being protected by British law, Rihanna Rihanna still chose to file a lawsuit in London, claiming $5 million for Topshop Arcadia Group Brands Ltd., and has spent more than 1 million dollars on it.

The news is that Rihanna Rihanna thinks this is a matter of principle and should not allow big brands to make use of entertainers.

In the trial of the London Court in 2013, judge Birss said in the judgment that celebrities had no right to control others to copy their portraits, and the pictures did not infringe upon the privacy of Rihanna Rihanna.

However, he further pointed out that in the case, the store's sale of clothes for the celebrity portrait needs to be different, because a large number of consumers mistakenly believe that the goods are authorized by Rihanna Rihanna for consumption.

Therefore, he made a ruling: "I think Topshop sold out his T-shirt without the consent of Rihanna Rihanna."

Judge Birss issued a restraining order prohibiting Topshop from selling products with Rihanna Rihanna portrait in the future.

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The new creative director of Gucci, who had been shouting for more than a month, finally settled down.

In January 21st, Gucci and its parent company Kai Yun group jointly announced the appointment of interior accessories designer Alessandro Michele as the new creative director of Gucci, responsible for all series of design and brand image of Gucci.

"This appointment is based on his contemporary vision for branding."

In January this year, the new president and chief executive officer of Gucci Marco Bizzarri said, "Alessandro and I have reached a consensus on the brand new prospects for the Gucci brand.

We will continue to take the new image as a source of inspiration in our posts. "

Gucci the rapid and decisive exchange of management has surprised the outside world.

Former creative director Frida Giannini originally planned to leave after the February 25th Milan fashion show, but was asked to leave early in January 16th.

Her work and life partner, Gucci's predecessor, CEO Patrizio di Marc, has left the company when it announced the announcement of personnel changes last year.

This pair of luxury brand partners failed to succeed in reversing the decline of the brand in recent years and had to step down.

After careful and comprehensive consideration, the new CEO Marco Bizzarri points out Alessandro Michele from inside the company. From the resume, he and Giannini are surprisingly similar to the designer of the accessories, and there is not much intersection with the garment design before taking office.

Michele, 42, graduated from the Rome Clothing Institute, once served as a senior accessory designer in Fendi. In 2002, Michele joined the Gucci design team. In 2011, he was promoted to deputy director of Frida Giannini, responsible for leather products, footwear, jewelry and household series. In September 2014, he was appointed the creative director of Richard Richard, a well-known Italy porcelain brand in June 2013.

"Kai Yun group chose the internal staff to minimize risks.

Hiring foreign designers may bring a change to the brand, just like Saint Laurent (now the creative director Hedi Slimane has changed the brand name from "Yves Saint Laurent" to "Saint Laurent Paris") after taking office, and for such a big brand such as Gucci, the loss will be great.

Luca Solca, a luxury analyst at Paris bank, France, told an interface reporter.

About the post of creative director, there were various predictions in the book, compared with the Christopher Kane, the other designer Joseph Altuzarra and even the former creative director Tom Ford of Gucci, Alessandro Michele was the last appearing in the candidate list, and the fame was the smallest.

But Luca Solca believes that designers are not famous, and Gucci is famous enough.

"Gucci needs new vitality now, Giannini is good at playing safety cards during his time, and Alessandro (as her deputy) happens to be complementing each other, and his design is more crazy and unrestrained."

However, it is still doubtful whether the decision of Gucci is correct if we hire another accessory designer as the creative director, responsible for the garment design.

Giannini, the last creative director, was criticized for his lack of good clothes.

In this regard, commercial commentators Nicola Clark and fashion director Vanessa Friedman commented that the appointment of Alessandro Michelew as creative director is a gamble: Kai Yun believes that the future sales growth of Gucci is mainly driven by accessories.