Politics

Design

In 2013, the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat discovered that one of Marimekko’s patterned fabrics was a copy. The pattern called Metsänväki (Forest Folk) that was drawn by the designer Kristina Isola in 2007 was almost identical to the Ukrainian folk artist Maria Primatjenko’s work Rat on a Road from 1963. The Helsinki newspaper called the plagiarism scandal a “national shame”, the airline Finnair was forced to paint over the Marimekko pattern that they had just painted on an air plane and Marimekko discontinued the collaboration with the designer.

Source: Yle and Andreas Söderlund: “Marimekko avslöjat som mönstertjuv” [Marimekko revealed as a design thief], Aftonbladet

In 2012, the clothing chain Lindex had to reach a settlement with American designer Savannah Carroll who was compensated for the plagiarism of her figure Sleepy King.
Sources: in english

Music

The melody in the song “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice that was released in 1999 was accused of having plagiarised Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” from 1981. The parties settled out of court and Queen and Bowie were retroactively named as the originators of the melody. Listen and decide for yourself:

Computer games

Sales of the adventure game “Limbo Of The Lost – An Astonishing Tale” were discontinued after it was discovered that it plagiarises several other computer games and films.

.... It is easy to find many more cases online....