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Vans Settles Years-Long Legal Battle Over Tyga’s Parody Sneaker
The years-long Tyga "Wavy Baby" sneakers legal battle is over between Vans and the MSCHF art collective.
Vans and a Brooklyn art collective have reached a settlement to end a long-running trademark lawsuit over Tyga ‘s “Wavy Baby” sneakers – a parody of the company’s classic Old Skool. Three days before the shoes were set to drop, Vans filed a lawsuit – claiming MSCHF’s sneakers violated its trademark rights and demanding an immediate restraining order. Legal trouble was nothing new for MSCHF: the group had previously partnered with Lil Nas X to release a “Satan Shoe” that looked like a pair of Nikes – and had been promptly hit with a similar infringement lawsuit from that sneaker giant.
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