US shoe brand Converse is suing 31 companies over alleged copyright infringement, including Wal-Mart and Ralph Lauren.

The lawsuits filed in New York include companies based in Canada, Australia, Italy, China and Japan.
Converse CEO Jim Calhoun told the New York Times, which first reported the story, that “the goal really is to stop this action. I think we’re quite fortunate here to be in the possession of what we would consider to be an American icon.”