Against Me!’s logo has been used by Topshop with “no permission” according to the punk group’s frontwoman, Laura Jane Grace.
According to a post from Grace, a $700 leather jacket sold by the high street clothing store has used their name along the arm of one of its jackets, alongside punk rock group Vandals.
The musician, who owns the rights to the name with its exclamation point, posted a message to Topshop on 17 September:
Hey @Topshop, you're selling a $700 leather jacket with my bands name on it and you have no permission. Not cool. pic.twitter.com/fxdBF9w6Uy
— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) September 17, 2016
In response to her post, Topshop have since made the jacket unavailable to purchase: “We’re looking into this,” they said on Twitter. “We have removed the jacket from our website and are currently withdrawing from stores.”
This is not the first time a musician has rallied against the clothing empire: in January 2015, Rihanna won a legal battle against Topshop after they used her image on a T-shirt without permission.
The photo of the Barbadian singer was taken by an independent photographer who owned the copyright in the photograph, and licensed the use of the image to Topshop. Rihanna and two of her corporate licensing companies subsequently launched legal action alleging that the use of her image for fashion clothing was not licensed and claimed those buying the T-shirt would falsely believe she had endorsed it.
