The actor filed a complaint on Friday at a California court, referring specifically to a selection of T-shirts featuring his character in Easy Rider - the 1969 film that he wrote, produced and starred in. Fonda is reportedly seeking at least $6 million (£3.9 million) in compensation, as well as legal fees and all profit made from the tees.
In the suit, Fonda claims that he has "suffered injuries to his peace, happiness, feelings, goodwill, reputation, image, loss of fair market values of his services and dilution of his current and future publicity value", as a result of the sale of the T-shirts.
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Dolce & Gabbana has released a statement on the matter:
"The Dolce & Gabbana Group states that it was not aware of any legal action undertaken by Mr Peter Henry Fonda until it was published on various media outlets. However, the Dolce & Gabbana Group states that the Icon T-shirts project dedicated to the movieEasy Rider (as well as for all its past editions), and part of the Dolce & Gabbana autumn/winter 2012-13 collection, was made possible through a legal contract in which the company acquired the rights of usage of a selection of images taken from said movie.
"The contract was stipulated on July 15, 2011, between the Dolce & Gabbana Group and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc, agent of Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, in which Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc stated to be the owner of all rights related to the images used on the Dolce & Gabbana Icon T-shirts.
"The Dolce & Gabbana Group will further clarify its position in the competent places."
"The Dolce & Gabbana Group states that it was not aware of any legal action undertaken by Mr Peter Henry Fonda until it was published on various media outlets. However, the Dolce & Gabbana Group states that the Icon T-shirts project dedicated to the movieEasy Rider (as well as for all its past editions), and part of the Dolce & Gabbana autumn/winter 2012-13 collection, was made possible through a legal contract in which the company acquired the rights of usage of a selection of images taken from said movie.
"The contract was stipulated on July 15, 2011, between the Dolce & Gabbana Group and Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc, agent of Columbia Pictures Industries Inc, in which Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc stated to be the owner of all rights related to the images used on the Dolce & Gabbana Icon T-shirts.
"The Dolce & Gabbana Group will further clarify its position in the competent places."
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