Following its fallout with Ye, GAP has landed itself in legal trouble with outdoor clothing retailer Patagonia which recently filed a lawsuit accusing the American clothing brand of copying its signature Snap-T pocket design found on its fleece sweaters for more than three decades.
According to Reuters, Patagonia filed a complaint in San Francisco federal court, citing Gap’s recent sale of fleece jackets that allegedly copies its buttoned flap pocket design and the rectangular “P-6” logo which depicts a mountain range.
The “adoption of designs and logos bearing even more similarity cannot have occurred by accident,” writes Patagonia. Part of the lawsuit references a one-star review of Gap’s product which writes, “Obvious Patagonia ripoff. I had to zoom in just to ensure that the logo was GAP.”
As a popular mainstay of the brand’s product lineup, Patagonia’s Snap-T pullover has been displayed at exhibitions in New York’s Museum of Modern Art and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.
