H&M Are Suing Forever 21 For Allegedly Plagiarising a Bag Design

Forever 21 are in the middle of a copyright battle having been accused of ripping off a beach bag design from rival high-street brand H&M.

The Fashion Law reports that H&M have filed a lawsuit against Forever 21 "for copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, false designation of origin and unfair competition" regarding the Beach Please bags H&M first started selling in April 2014.

Here are both bags side by side...

H&M is suing Forever 21 FOR COPYING. http://t.co/CswtJyo4DH pic.twitter.com/TLHPqwMzNi — THE FASHION LAW (@TheFashionLaw) September 30, 2015

And sadly for Forever 21, this isn't the only case of copying the brand is having to deal with at the moment, having also been accused of ripping off an artist's original design featured on one of its crop tops.

Sam Larson, an independent artist from Oregan, told Buzzfeed News "I put so much time and effort into my work to try to make it as freelance artist and then companies do this".

And he seemed pretty annoyed by the whole situation on Instagram, too.

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Annoyingly for us nosey people, a Forever 21 spokesperson said that the brand is unable to comment on pending litigation, so looks as though we'll just have to keep an eye on the headlines to see how this one plays out...