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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is seeking potentially millions of dollars from Urban Outfitters Inc. over clothing, jewelry and other merchandise that bore the tribe's name.
The popular clothing chain will ask a federal judge in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Wednesday to limit how far back in time the tribe can go to seek money over the company's products. The tribe wants revenue from sales dating to 2008.
Urban Outfitters has sold necklaces, pants, a flask and underwear with the "Navajo" name. Some of those items were sold by the company's subsidiaries, Anthropologie and Free People.
The tribe's sued the clothing retailer in 2012, alleging violations of state and federal laws. Urban Outfitters says "Navajo" is a generic term for a style or design.
Efforts to settle the case have failed.
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