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Terms were not disclosed in the settlement agreement entered Friday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, but The South Butt was still offering its T-shirts, fleece jackets, backpacks and sweat shirts on its Web site Friday afternoon.
The company sells products with the tag line, “Never Stop Relaxing,” a parody of The North Face line, “Never Stop Exploring.” A wavelike pattern and the company name appear near the upper right or left shoulder on jackets and shirts, similar to the logo and placement used by The North Face.
The North Face, a San Leandro, Calif.-based division of VF Corp,cheap north face, sued in December. The lawsuit sought unspecified damages and asked the court to prohibit The South Butt from making, marketing and selling its line of fleeces, T-shirts and shorts.
ST. LOUIS – The North Face Apparel Corp. has settled its lawsuit against The South Butt, a Missouri teenager’s company that marketed clothing with a not-so-subtle logo and tag line that parodied the outdoor clothing giant.
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At issue was the question of parody or piracy. The lawsuit claimed The South Butt marketed apparel that “infringes and dilutes The North Face’s famous trademarks and duplicates The North Face’s trade dress in its iconic Denali jacket,” referring to a popular fleece jacket marketed by the company.
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“While defendants may try to legitimize their piracy under the banner of parody, their own conduct belies that claim,” the suit said, noting that The South Butt had twice attempted to obtain a U.S. trademark registration.
In a whimsical response Watkins wrote that “the consuming public is well aware of the difference between a face and a butt …”
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An e-mail seeking comment from Winkelmann about the settlement was sent to his company Friday.
“The matter has been amicably resolved between the parties,” said Albert Watkins, the normally loquacious attorney for The South Butt. He declined further comment.
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The South Butt was started two year ago by Jimmy Winkelmann of suburban St. Louis, though he’s now a 19-year-old college freshman studying biomedical engineering at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Winkelmann has said he started the business to make money for college.
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“The North Face” this name to stem from the northern slope which on the mountain is coldest difficultly, to climb up. We helped the explorer to reach the Himalaya Mountains highest mountain peak. But, what is interesting, the North Face brand story actually stems from a beach. Said accurately that is comes from a San Francisco elevation to have 150 foot North the Beach area. in 1966, two frantic tramps by reason of the full of enthusiasm, established a small mountaineering thing retail shop.
soon, the shop by the naming is The North Face, becomes the high performance climb and the knapsack equipment retail merchant. in 1968, The North Face moved to San Francisco bay another end – to have the infinite development potential Berkeley area, and started to design and to make the independent brand the specialized mountain-climbing clothes and the equipment.
Clothing in the early development of human society had emerged. Can be found around the ancient people have made of various materials humble “clothing” to protect oneself. Man’s first dress is made of animal skins, wrap the body of the first “fabric” made with hemp fiber and grass. In primitive society, the human began to simple textile production, gathering wild textile fibers, twist weave for taking performance. With agriculture, animal husbandry development, artificial cultivation of textile materials gradually increased, making clothing tools evolving from simple to complex, clothing material variety is increasing. Textile raw materials, organizational structure and production method to determine the form of clothing. Hard fabric with a rough only making simple garments, with a more flexible system of thin fabric it possible to have a complex profile of clothing. The oldest is a belt of clothing for essential items such as hanging arms. Installed in the belt on the skins, leaves and knitting, is an early skirt.
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