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2021
Artist sues Lego over a jacket design in a Queer Eye set
Lawsuit filed
Artist James Concannon sued Lego, alleging that a toy jacket in a set based on Queer Eye copied the design of a jacket he made for cast member Antoni Porowski without his permission. The article reports that the lawsuit was filed in a Connecticut district court the previous month; the allegations are not presented as a court determination.
Source excerpt
An artist has accused Lego of recreating a leather jacket he made for Queer Eye cast-member Antoni Porowski without the artist’s permission, claiming that a toy jacket included in a Lego set based on the Netflix show is a “blatant copy” of his design.
James Concannon, whose clothes have been regularly worn by Porowski on the popular program, filed a lawsuit against the Danish toy giant in a Connecticut district court last month.
Lego is being sued for copyright infringement over an outfit worn by a Queer Eye mini-figure, with designer James Concannon claiming the company copied his leather jacket design for Antoni Porowski.