The NME writes:

The singer is in battle with the company for trademark infringement of her Harajuku Lovers fashion line. She claims that the clothing chain stole designs from her label.

In papers filed in Los Angeles Federal Court yesterday (July 17) representatives for Stefanis's Harajuku Lvoers claim Forever 21 is marketing, promoting and selling products featuring a design "virtually indistinguishable" from Harajuku's signature heart/box logo.

The lawsuit claims Forever 21 "changed a couple of words in the Heart Box trademark which are inconspicuous and likely to go unnoticed by a consumer".

Specifically, the lawsuit claims Forever 21 used the design but changed the word 'Harajuku' to 'Forever' and the word 'Lovers' to 'Love'.

Stefani is currently on a tour that's taking her all over the goddamn place in Europe, Asia and Australia, and is rumored to be working with her boys in No Doubt on some new material as well.  We guess she filed papers in absentia.  Obviously, the Harajuku girls are creepy enough to be in two places at once, but we don't Gwen could be.

Dates after the jump.

Love.  Angel.  Concert.  Dates.:

July 18      Coliseo de Puerto Rico     San Juan
July 26      Vector Arena     Auckland, Auckland
July 28      Brisbane Entertainment Centre     Brisbane
July 30      Acer Arena     Sydney
July 31      Acer Arena     Sydney
Aug 02      Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park     Melbourne
Aug 03      Rod Laver Arena at Melbourne Park     Melbourne
Aug 05      Adelaide Entertainment Centre     Adelaide
Aug 07      Burswood Dome / Theatre     Burswood, Western Australia
Aug 11      Summer Sonic     Tokyo
Aug 12      Summer Sonic     Osaka
Aug 16      Asia World Arena     Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Aug 24      Neal S. Blaisdell Center     Honolulu, Hawaii
Aug 25      Neal S. Blaisdell Center     Honolulu, Hawaii
Sep 10      Color Line Arena     Hamburg, Hamburg
Sep 12      Olympiahalle     Munich
Sep 14      Velodrom Arena     Berlin
Sep 15      Cologne Arena     Cologne
Sep 17      Bercy     Paris
Sep 18      Ahoy' Rotterdam     Rotterdam
Sep 20      SECC     Glasgow
Sep 22      Manchester Arena     Manchester
Sep 23      Metro Radio Arena     Newcastle, England, Northeast
Sep 25      Birmingham
Sep 26      Cardiff Int'l Arena     Cardiff, Wales
Sep 28      Wembley Arena     London, London and South East
Sep 29      Wembley Stadium     London, London and South East
Oct 01      Odyssey Arena     Belfast, Northern Ireland
Oct 02      Simmondscourt     Dublin, Dublin
Oct 04      Sportpaleis Antwerpen     Merksem
Oct 06      Hallenstadion Zurich     Zurich
Oct 07      Rockhall     Esch
Oct 09      Spektrum     Oslo
Oct 10      The Globe Arena     Stockholm
Oct 12      Hartwall Areena     Helsinki
Oct 14      The Forum     Copenhagen
Oct 16      DatchForum     Milan, Milano
Oct 17      Wiener Stadthalle     Vienna
Oct 19      Sportarena     Budapest

Godspeed!