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Litigation

Apr. 19, 2007

Jury Orders Jeans Maker to Pay $50 Million to Apparel Firm

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jeans manufacturer must pay a New York apparel company $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages in a trademark-infringement case involving Bongo jeans, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has found.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jeans manufacturer must pay a New York apparel company $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages in a trademark-infringement case involving Bongo jeans, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has found.
      New York-based Iconix Brand Group, which owns a portfolio of apparel brands, formed Unzipped Apparel with...

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