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You may notice that the above photo shows Jane's Addiction guitarist/alt-rock gadabout Dave Navarro "rocking" a guitar strap emblazoned with the logo of conspicuous-consumer fave Louis Vuitton, a bit of infringey homage that Navarro has engaged in for the past eight years because, as he writes on his Web site, "I have enjoyed the LV brand for years and years. I own many items such as luggage, belts, wallets, boots and clothing that bear the LV name. Hell, my gym bag is even a LV bag. So they make great stuff. No Doubt." Well, if this note Navarro received from the company's law firm yesterday is any indication, they think they make great stuff as well, and they get a little hinky when not-as-great stuff uses their logo without permission: More »

Three years after its initial release, Louis Vuitton has at long last succeeded in barring the video for Britney Spears' 2004 track "Do Somethin'" from being shown in France because of "an unauthorised close-up shot of Louis Vuitton fabric." Said shot comes at around 40 seconds into the clip, in which our heroine—clearly channeling Gwen Stefani—shows off her mad driving skills around the sky before rocking out at a club; the shot is of a pink-and-white take on the LV fabric that's embroidered on the freaking glove compartment of her bright pink SUV. But at least the tribunal has declared that the infringement isn't technically Britney's fault: More »