sugarplum892 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 itemprop="headline" style="font-family: ProximaNova-Light, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.25em; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.11111em; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); word-wrap: break-word; letter-spacing: -1px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"Judge orders Lindsay Lohan to stop promoting fashion appNew York Supreme Court judge has ruled that Lindsay Lohan and her younger brother Michael Lohan Jr must stop working on a social fashion app.The app allows users to take a peek into and shop from the virtual closets of celebrities.The judge gave a temporary restraining order against the Lohan siblings and their company Vigme, Inc "that prohibits them from promoting the technology and seeking partnerships and investments for the app", reports The Hollywood Reporter.On Thursday (October 30), the Lohan siblings were hit with a $60 million lawsuit by Fima Potik, founder of the celebrity fashion website Spotted Friend, as he claimed that they stole the concept from him to form a competing company.Potik claimed that Vigme, Inc "is identical in nearly every aspect to Spotted Friend".Potik's lawsuit states that Lohan joined the company in 2013 and was responsible for promoting the app and convincing celebrities to use it. As part of the company, Lohan was privy to confidential information about Spotted Friend.The judge ruled that the next hearing will happen no later than November 20, when the Lohans will be able to challenge the order.The Canyons star was previously involved in another lawsuit that she filed against the makes of Grand Theft Auto 5. She claimed that the game based a female character on her without obtaining her permission.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugarplum892 Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 Lindsay Lohan and her brother being sued for $60 millionNow the whole Lohan family really is in trouble. Lindsay Lohan and brother Michael Jr. have been hit with a court order to stop work on their fashion e-commerce app Vigme after an ex-business associate claimed they stole the idea from him and is suing for $60 million reportsManhattan Supreme Court Judge Saliann Scarpulla issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, which bars the siblings from launching, promoting or marketing their “virtual closet” app Vigme. The order comes after Fima Potik claimed Michael Jr. and his famous sister stole his trade secrets from his online shopping company Spotted Friend to start a competing business.After meeting Potik in 2013, the Lohans, along with Michael’s roommate Christopher Roth, became equity members of Spotted Friend, and Potik handed over a beta version of the app and marketing materials. The app allows users to view celebrities’ and friends’ virtual closets, then purchase wardrobe items.Months later, Potik learned from reading Page Six of The New York Post, that the Lohans had launched social commerce Web site Vigme, which he claims is a “virtual clone” of Spotted. “Vigme’s mobile application . . . is nearly identical in design and layout to Spotted Friend’s mobile application.”Potik has hired power lawyers Kenneth David and Marc Kasowitz. David said, “The Lohans’ egregious theft of the design, layout and functionality of Spotted Friend’s app [was] in blatant violation of their contractual and fiduciary duties. This significant victory helps ensure that the Lohans will not profit from their illegal conduct at Spotted Friend’s expense.”But the Lohans’ attorney, Ravi Batra, told us that the restraining order merely “preserves the status quo” until the Lohans file court papers “backing up their claim that Fima is an inept plagiarizer who fraudulently induced Lindsay, Mike and Chris to join him with [false] representations that he would have a product-recognizing app by June 2013 — an app he still hasn’t created.” Batra added, “Fima’s days of being a celebrity-leech are over.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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