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Sat Nov 19, 2016, 01:01 AM Nov 2016

Navajo Nation settles trademark suit against Urban Outfitters

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Fri Nov 18, 2016 | 6:31pm EST

Navajo Nation settles trademark suit against Urban Outfitters

By David Schwartz | PHOENIX

The Navajo Nation, the largest Native American tribe, has settled a trademark suit brought against the apparel retail chain Urban Outfitters Inc over use of the tribe's name in company merchandise, the two sides said on Friday.

The deal resolves any and all claims by the tribe, whose reservation spans three Western states, contesting the Philadelphia company's "Navajo" and "Navaho" brands in a variety of products, including pullovers, feathered earrings and underwear.

Navajo leaders claimed in the 2012 lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, that the retailer had infringed on the tribe's trademark rights by selling more than 20 lines of products under those two brand names.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Court records show that a federal judge formally dismissed the case on Monday.

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