{"id":10000,"date":"2026-03-12T04:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/selena-quintanillas-sister-files-shein-lawsuit-over-knockoff-merch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:47:49","slug":"selena-quintanillas-sister-files-shein-lawsuit-over-knockoff-merch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/selena-quintanillas-sister-files-shein-lawsuit-over-knockoff-merch\/","title":{"rendered":"Selena Quintanilla’s Sister Files Shein Lawsuit Over Knockoff Merch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tSelena Quintanilla\u2018s sister, Suzette Quintanilla, is suing Chinese e-commerce company Shein over unlicensed merchandise bearing Selena\u2019s name and likeness.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the lawsuit, filed on Wednesday (March 11) in U.S. District Court in California, Quintanilla accuses Shein \u2014\u00a0a Nanjing, China-based global e-commerce giant known for selling low-cost clothing and accessories \u2014\u00a0of manufacturing and selling \u201ccountless t-shirts and other merchandise\u201d with Selena\u2019s name, likeness and identity without permission or compensation.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAccording to the lawsuit, Quintanilla\u2019s company, Q Productions, sent Shein a cease and desist in August, outlining its rights as the owner of the Selena trademarks. Despite that, Quintanilla alleges the company did not halt the sale of the Selena merchandise.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTo date, Defendants continue to willfully and unlawfully exploit Plaintiffs\u2019 Selena Marks and rights of publicity in commerce against the express demands by Plaintiffs to cease and desist such use,\u201d wrote Quintanilla\u2019s attorneys, Thomas K. Richards<\/strong> and Justin R. Trauben<\/strong>, in the suit.<\/p>\n

\n\tQuintanilla is suing Shein on multiple counts, including trademark infringement, unfair competition and publicity rights violations. She\u2019s seeking damages and a court injunction that will force Shein to stop the production and sale of merchandise bearing the Selena trademarks.<\/p>\n

\n\tShein did not immediately respond to Billboard<\/em>\u2018s request for comment on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday\u2019s lawsuit is just the latest instance of an e-commerce giant being sued for selling knockoff merchandise in recent months. Last September, Grammy award-winning duo Twenty One Pilots sued Temu, another Chinese e-commerce giant and Shein competitor, over the company\u2019s alleged sale of \u201cblatant copies\u201d of the band\u2019s official merch. The month prior, the estate of late rapper MF Doom sued Temu for the same reason, calling the company \u201cunethical.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tIn December, the MF Doom lawsuit was thrown out by a judge who argued it was legally deficient because Temu wasn\u2019t the manufacturer of the merch but rather a pass-through online marketplace for independent sellers. However, a federal judge allowed the estate to reinstate the lawsuit last month after it was revised. <\/p>\n


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