Urban Outfitters is infamous for stealing designs from small designers. (just do a google search, they have done this a LOT) It's awful that the big guys can poach off the small ones without consequence.

I do not see this as imitation best for of flatter.  I see it as the reason why indepenent crafters who try to sell their products at a fair price can't.  Urban Outfitters most likely paid some poor woman in a third world country a dollar or less to crochet these pillows that they then sell in this country at a price that independent American crafters can't compete with and make a profit.  I have run into this in too many way and forms.  Big retalers buy item that crafters in this country are making and trying to sell from third world countries where the pay the people very little.  In the example above they would have paid some poor woman the equavalent of $1 to make a bunch of these pillows and then sold them in their stores for $25.  Less import taxes they would still probably make $20 per pillow.  For an independent crafter if they sale the same pillow for $25 they may just break even.  It is even worse when it comes to clothing.

I definitely see it in the first example but not so much in the 2nd... either way - I'd rather spend the time crocheting my own "trendy" pillow than spend 10x the money in any store.