Hells Angels litigates high-end fashion designer

The Hells Angels aspiration their death’s head back.

The notorious motorcycle gang is accusing designers at Alexander McQueen of unlawfully using the Angels’ trademark symbol, the Financial Times reports.

The Hells Angels Corporation alleges that the “Hell’s Knuckle Duster ring” and other apparel and accessories use the gang’s icon without permission.

PPR, the lavishness parent company of Alexander McQueen, is named in the suit filed in California Federal court, as are Saks Fifth Avenue and Zappos for selling the merchandise.

It’s not now for economic reasons.  The bikers are apprehensive for the safety of the wearers of the death’s head since “anyone wearing them would be believed an imposter by club members,” says the gang’s longtime attorney Fritz Clapp.

The Angels have effectively sued before.

In 2006, the Hells Angels filed a lawsuit in opposition to Disney for using the Hells Angels name and membership images in its script for the film “Wild Hogs.”

The gang withdrew the grievance after getting assurances that its marks would not show in the film, according Clapp, reports FT.

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