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RiRi wins $5m lawsuit against Topshop for using picture without permission

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Last Updated : Jan 23 2015 | 12:10 PM IST

Rihanna has won the lawsuit against high street store Topshop for using her picture without permission on a T-shirt.

The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling a sleeveless T-shirt featuring a photo of the Barbadian singer without obtaining her permission, the BBC reported.

In the first successful celebrity case of its kind, three appeal judges agreed marketing the item without 26-year-old's approval amounted to "passing off." In other words, the unauthorised image was damaging to her brand.

The 'Umbrella' star sued Topshop's parent company Arcadia for 5 million dollars back in 2013 over the T-shirts, which featured a photo taken during a video shoot in 2011.

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First Published: Jan 23 2015 | 11:56 AM IST

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