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Todd Oldham's Lawsuit Against Old Navy Dismissed

by Bee-Shyuan Chang (Subscribe to Bee-Shyuan Chang's posts)
Posted Jan 20th 2010 at 3:45PM  
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Todd Oldham lawsuit (not over ways to use burlap) has been dismissed. Photo: Getty Images

In the case of Oldham vs. Old Navy, the fashion fighting is over -- or at least that's what a judge effectively said. Yes, designer Todd Oldham's lawsuit against Old Navy has been thrown out, according to WWD.

The parties' tangled history dates back a few years. Old Navy had hired Oldham as its Design Creative Director in September of 2007. The parties then entered into a side agreement to launch a separate licensing deal for a Todd Oldham signature collection in October 2008.

But the signature line never came about. Negotiations over developing the collaboration crumbled and Oldham's company, L-7 Designs Inc., headed to court alleging that Old Navy breached its contract by failing to negotiate in good faith, says the paper.

U.S. District Court of Southern New York Judge Denny Chin didn't agree. Chin granted Old Navy's motion to dismiss and found that the retailer had made good faith efforts to negotiate for 10 months. The judge wrote:

"L-7 was making extraordinarily high demands. At one point during the discussions, L-7 demanded (through outside counsel) $75 million in compensation for lost royalties and reputational damages.

"It later demanded a minimum guarantee of $37.5 million in royalties for a three-year term, which it then later reduced to $20 million for a two-year term... It is not surprising that Old Navy resisted these demands," WWD reports.

Oldham isn't giving up the fight that easy. In fact, L-7 vows to appeal.

It turns out the designer may have some fashion friends to keep him company. New York & Company also recently filed suit.


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Jennifer Marcotrigiano, 1-27-2010, 7:21PM

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The L-7 /Todd Oldham v. Old Navy lawsuit was precipitated in nothing but total greed.
The fact is, that Oldham is represented by an overzealous licensing agent for whom Oldham is his sole cash cow, and was using Oldham to fill his barren coffers.The greed that ensued killed the deal. Usually in the good old US greed wins out. God Bless Denny Chin for seeing through the BS and making a sound decision.

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Martine Renny, 6-02-2011, 5:33PM

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UPDATE!

N.Y. APPEALS COURT RULES OLD NAVY ENGAGED IN “SHAM NEGOTIATIONS” IN TODD OLDHAM CASE AGAINST GAP INC.

THE N.Y. SECOND COURT OF APPEALS HAS RULED IN FAVOR OF TODD OLDHAM IN THE CASE AGAINST GAP/OLD NAVY

FOR FAILURE TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH IN AN AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP AN EXCLUSIVE COLLECTION OF TODD OLDHAM

BRANDED APPAREL AND ACCESSORIES AND OF WRONGFUL TERMINATION.

QUOTES FROM THE COURT RULING;

“OLD NAVY ENGAGED IN “SHAM NEGOTIATIONS,” FALSELY REPRESENTING THAT IT FULLY INTENDED TO ENTER INTO A LICENSE AGREEMENT.”

“OLD NAVY’S “TRUE PURPOSE” WAS TO AVOID NEGOTIATING AT ALL”

“MR. OLDHAM HAD BEEN REPEATEDLY AND WIDELY PRAISED BY GAP AND OLD NAVY EXECUTIVES AND STAFF THROUGHOUT HIS OLD NAVY TENURE.”

TODD OLDHAM SAYS “THE RULING IS A GREAT VINDICATION IN THIS LONG ORDEAL. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY

RULED IN OUR FAVOR AND NOW ALLOWS THE DEPOSITIONS OF GAP C.E.O. GLEN MURPHY AND OLD NAVY PRESIDENT TOM WYATT.”

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