Kanye West has sued American supermarket giant Walmart over the sale of shoes which, the rapper claims, are straight rip offs of the somewhat distinctive Yeezy Foam Runners that he launched last year via his partnership with Adidas.“Consumers are purchasing the imitation Yeezy Foam Runner footwear from Walmart on the mistaken belief that the shoes are associated with West and the Yeezy brand”, a lawsuit filed in the LA courts last week stated.
By selling the knock off shoes, it then claimed, the retailer had violated California’s Unfair Competition Law.However, Walmart has since distanced itself from the rip off footwear which, it says, was being sold on its online marketplace by a third party seller, not the supermarket firm itself.A.
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