Tyga is no stranger to lawsuits and he’s found himself on the receiving end of another. T-Raw and MSCHF collaborated on a “Wavy Baby” sneaker earlier this year and they’re being sued by Vans for ripping off their signature sneaker silhouette.
The Tyga-designed skate sneaker made its debut release on Monday (April 18) with a retail price of $220 and according to T-Raww himself, the kicks sold out in just 10 minutes.
Prior to the release, a lawsuit was already on their doorstep last week from Vans claiming MSCHF stole elements of their classic Old Skool silhouette.
The colorways are similar but the MSCHF pair uses wavy white lines that resemble more of a reading of someone’s heartbeat on an EKG scan.
According to Hypebeast, the lawsuit claims Tyga/MSCHF committed “trademark infringement, false designation of origin, unfair competition and trademark dilution.”
“MSCHF, in collaboration with [Tyga], has shamelessly marketed the Wavy Baby shoe in a direct effort to confuse consumers, unlawfully siphon sales from Vans, and intentionally damage Vans’ valuable intellectual property rights,” the lawsuit allegedly states. “The Wavy Baby shoe blatantly and unmistakably incorporates Vans’ iconic trademarks and trade dress.”
HighSnobiety spoke to MSCHF who claimed that Vans was “stabbing” them in the back and wanted half of their profits from the collab.
“Vans reached out to settle with us proactively,” MSCHF relayed. “Turns out that they were shaking our hand at the same time they were stabbing us in the back.”
“To have the [Wavy Baby] drop go live [on April 18], they offered specific terms (as recently as 24 hours ago) asking for, among other things, half the profits and also four pairs of shoes for themselves. They also indicated they were willing to meet about future collaborations LMAO.”
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This isn’t the first time MSFCH has been involved in a lawsuit with a high-profile apparel titan. The company was sued by Nike last year over their “Satan Shoes” collab with Lil Nas X, which was settled in about a month.
I’m a Vans shoe enthusiast for 20+ years and that is a huge rip off! Everything from the color of the box, the logo, the red tag on the back of the sole and so much more is copied directly from Vans. Somebodys gotta pay up up. Vans is owned by a giant corporation so I don’t actually care but their legal team certainly does.
Van’s will lose this lawsuit, most people don’t understand how fashion works when it comes to stealing or copying someone’s work, it’s called the 3% rule, all you have to do is change a product my 3% and it won’t be considered copy right infringement, this is why you have so many brands that look alike including high end.
Yea dats true
They even copied the box lol
Those shoes got hit by the ugly stick, lol. I need to see someone try to walk in those things. God.
They both are lame shoes. You have to be a goofy rich person to wear that bs
LMAO. In the video they posted along with the story showing off the shoes, the guy in the video literally takes off a pair of vans and puts on those ugly ass wannabe Yeezy/vans. Aside from the wavy sole and logo, the colors are the same, the boxes and obvious rip off, and the shoe itself even has the small red tag on the back. Just like a pair of vans. This shouldn’t even be up for debate. That being said, I would never wear these shoes, I would never wear vans, and I damn sure wouldn’t ever wear Yeezys…. But at least Yeezys and vans design their own shoes. Ugly or not.
I bet them shoes will have your whole body aching from wearing them. They look like a lower back and leg injury waiting to happen. Shame on them for creating. Health hazard of a shoe to mess people up just for some $$$