CLEVELAND, Ohio — Popular Lakewood T-shirt-maker GV Art and Design is locked in a legal battle with a national sports apparel company it says ripped off its designs.
GV Art says in the lawsuit that after it rejected an offer from Forever Collectibles’ owners to buy GV Art, the New Jersey-based company began selling shirts that mirrored GV Art’s designs.
GV Art is a family-run boutique sports and entertainment apparel company that launched in 2007…