Word: vannucci
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Dates: during 1986-1986
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Last year the shirt saga came full circle. Polo/Ralph Lauren discovered that a Buenos Aires haberdasher, Alberto Vannucci, was selling shirts with a polo-player logo. The firm fired off a letter to Vannucci accusing him of copying its trademark. The clothier replied that his logo, which depicts a polo player from a different angle than Lauren's does, was designed in 1920 by none other than Lewis Lacey. Polo/Ralph Lauren nonetheless filed suit in Buenos Aires, charging Vannucci with trademark similarity. The case is still in court...
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