Urban Outfitters reached a settlement with the Navajo Nation after illegally using the tribe’s name for a collection that included “Navajo hipster panties” and a “Navajo print flask”. In a letter to Urban Outfitters CEO Glen Senk when the company first launched the Navajo line, Sasha Houston Brown of the Santee Sioux Nation said the collection was distasteful and demeaning. In a press release Thursday, Navajo Nation president Russell Bagaye said: “We applaud [Urban Outfitters] for acknowledging the validity of the Navajo Nation trademark and are glad we have settled this matter.”“We expect that any company considering the use of the Navajo name, or our designs or motifs, will ask us for our permission,” he added. Both sides settled for an undisclosed amount but have entered into a “supply and license agreement”, which says that the Navajo and Urban Outfitters plan to collaborate on a line of Native American jewelry. “We are pleased we’ve reached an agreement with the Navajo Nation,” said Urban Outfitters general counsel Azeez Hayne in a statement.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 00:22 UTC