As the rock band Tool sets out on its next U.S. tour to promote “Fear Inoculum,” its first album in 13 years, bootleggers in Houston are peddling fake Tool T-shirts that infringe on Tool’s trademarks, a new lawsuit alleges.

In past years, there have been similar lawsuits over bootlegged merchandise by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slayer, Phish, Chance the Rapper and other artists. Protecting trademarks on T-shirts has grown harder as technology has enabled bootleggers to design and manufacture merchandise faster and easier, said Adam Barnosky, an associate with Ruberto, Israel & Weiner in Boston who’s not involved in the litigation.

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