Rihanna wins Topshop battle over tank top image

Pop star Rihanna has won a legal battle with high street store Topshop over a T-shirt with her image.

In an important ruling on celebrity image rights, Britain’s Court of Appeal upheld a ban on the store selling a Rihanna tank top without her permission.

Three appeal judges agreed with an earlier High Court ruling that marketing the fashion item without the 26-year-old singer’s approval amounts to “passing off”, a term used to enforce unregistered trademark rights.