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Burberry sues J.C. Penney for trademark infringement

Customers ride the escalator at a J.C. Penney store in New York August 14, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Customers ride the escalator at a J.C. Penney store in New York Thomson Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Burberry Group Plc , the British luxury fashion brand, sued J C Penney Co Inc on Tuesday, accusing the U.S. retailer of selling "scarf coats" and jackets featuring exact copies of its trademarked "Burberry check."

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The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan seeks a halt to further infringements, plus damages.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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