Rihanna has won a lawsuit against major British retailer Topshop for using an image of her on a T-shirt without her permission.
The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling the sleeveless tee, making it one of the first successful celebrity cases of its kind, according to the BBC.
Three appeal judges unanimously agreed that selling the shirt without her approval was damaging to Rihanna’s brand.
The lawsuit has been going on since 2013 when Rihanna sued Topshop’s parent company, Arcadia, for $5 million. The image was a photo taken during a video shoot in 2011. Rihanna’s lawyers claimed that such use of her image on unauthorized tees was deceptive…And it looks like the court agreed.
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