Lululemon accuses Costco of selling dupes of $ 100 pants and hoodies for a fraction of the price

Lululemon athletica Claims in his complaint, which was submitted to the US district court for the Central District of California, that Costco has “acted illegally” with his reputation, goodwill and sweat -owned capital by selling unauthorized and non -licensed clothing, using the Knockoff and violating the versions of its patents.

Lululemon claims that Costco is known for using the manufacturers of popular branded products for its private label Kirkland brand, but that the company and manufacturers do not tell consumers about the connection between them for many products from Kirkland brands. For this reason, Lululemon claims that at least some buyers are convincing that products from Kirkland brands are produced by the authentic supplier of the “original” products. Lululemon claims that Costco does not try to dispel the ambiguity.

“As an innovation company that invests significantly in research, development and design of our products, we take responsibility for the protection and enforcement of our rights to intellectual property and, if necessary, pursue the reasonable legal steps,” said a spokesman for the Lululemon Company in a statement.

Some of the products that Lululemon says that Costco Duplikats from the popular Scuba hoodies, define jackets and ABC pants.

Lululemon claims that one of the duplicates sold to Costco is the Hi-Tec men’s diving zip. The lawsuit shows a screenshot picture of the Costco website, which shows the article of $ 19.97. Lululemon sells several male jackets that cost more than 100 US dollars.

Costco, based in Issaquah, Washington, did not immediately answer a request for comments on Tuesday.

Lululemon calls on a jury test version and wants Costco to no longer sell the products that you look at for duplicates. It also searches for a non -specified amount in cash damage.

Lulemon was in a similar legal dispute with Peloton in 2021. Two years later, the companies A canceled Five -year partnership This included Lululemon to become Peloton’s primary sports clothing partner.