(San Francisco Chronicle) Manufacturers of the Navy Chair, a distinctive, durable aluminum seat originally designed for World War II ships, have sued retailer Restoration Hardware for allegedly violating their trademark with a lower-priced look-alike that was called, at first, the Naval Chair.
With these “cheap knockoffs … Restoration Hardware is hijacking and exploiting Emeco’s brand image and iconic designs,” the manufacturer, Emeco Industries, argued in a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.
The suit seeks a ban on further sales of the Restoration Hardware chair and damages equal to three times the profit from past sales.