Restoration Hardware Sued for Copying Product

Fresh from a scandal that saw its rugged spokesmodel and unofficial mascot Gary Friedman ousted from his post as CEO, Restoration Hardware is back in hot water for ripping off Emeco's Navy Chair, the aluminum classic designed by the Hanover, Pa.-based company in 1944 for the U.S. Navy and in production ever since. The cut-rate clone, which appears throughout the company's phonebook-sized fall catalog, is called — wait for it — the "Naval Chair."