In a growing list of lawsuits, Chinese fast fashion giant Shein faces yet another copyright lawsuit, this time by Swedish fashion retailer H&M.
The Swedish group of companies has filed a lawsuit against Shein and Zoetop Business, a Hong Kong-based company. Zoetop Business used to own Shein and was listed as one of the accused.
According to a subpoena issued in July 2021 and seen by Bloomberg News, H&M is seeking unspecified damages and an injunction to stop Shein from infringing on its trademarks.
In the Hong Kong court documents, H&M has provided details and images of a number of items allegedly copied from Shein, with a number of Shein’s products bearing a “striking resemblance” to its own products.
Lawsuits against Shein are piling up
In recent years, more and more allegations have been made against Shein. Recently, the retailer has been regularly accused of stealing designs from independent designers.
Those allegations came to a head in recent weeks, when three designers filed a lawsuit against the company, accusing it of “large-scale and systematic theft of the intellectual property of American designers, large and small.”
Shein is also currently embroiled in a legal battle with Chinese online retailer Temu, a newly formed competitor of the company, which it has accused of copyright infringement and “fraudulent business practices”.
Temu then countersued, alleging that Shein violated US antitrust laws when working with apparel manufacturers. The case was filed in federal court in Boston.
This translated post originally appeared on FashionUnited.uk