Anna Nicole Smith Inc. Sues Von Dutch for Improperly Utilizing Her Picture

The corporate that controls Anna Nicole Smith‘s mental property rights goes after the style model Von Dutch … claiming they have been utilizing her picture to promote their attire with out permission.

The lawsuit states Von Dutch by no means obtained permission from the corporate — or permission from Anna previous to her dying in 2007 — to make use of her to promote merchandise that includes her identify, picture, or likeness.

For those who keep in mind Anna working with the corporate again within the day, she did come out with a line in partnership with them … however, the corporate says she by no means granted anybody at Von Dutch the precise to make use of her picture.

BTW … in a Fb put up again in April, Von Dutch put up a photograph of Anna carrying a black cowboy hat with pink lettering from her look on “The Tonight Present with Jay Leno” in 2004.

They wrote within the caption, “Our iconic Anna Nicole Smith hat from her unique VD assortment” … however a supply acquainted with the scenario tells us the hat wasn’t a part of any collab with the model — which is why she does not even point out it within the clip of Jay’s present.

Anna died of a drug overdose in 2007 … and, her daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead, turned 18 final 12 months.