Marge Carson suing Langdon over copyright
Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 10, 2011
ROSEMEAD, Calif. — Upperend furniture manufacturer Marge Carson said it has filed a copyright infringement suit against Philippe Langdon Furniture, alleging the company knocked off several of its designs and design elements.
The suit, filed in federal court in Greensboro, N.C., claims that Philippe Langdon copied from Marge Carson's Bordeaux, Les Marches, Pacifica, Palladian, Perugia, Segovia, Umbria and Vouvray collections. The suit said 24 designs were copied, including Philippe Langdon's Riviera, Islander, Versailles, Corbella and Kyle Vince collections.
Marge Carson, according to court documents, is seeking to have Philipp Langdon, based in Bell Gardens, Calif., cease all U.S. sales, manufacturing and importation of the infringing furniture and provide compensation for attorney's fees and damages incurred from such sales.
"Marge Carson prides itself on elegant and original designs, created exclusively for us by some of our industry's top designers," said company President Will Sharp, adding that the alleged knockoffs are among the company's best sellers. "We must aggressively protect our design integrity of our collections, and ensure our retailers that they will not be subjected to design knockoffs."
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