The band, which is also suing for false designation of origin, dilution, unfair competition, and injury to business reputation, is claiming that there is consumer confusion over the use of the Metallica moniker as the name of a vanilla-scented perfume sold by the stores and made by the French company Guerlain.

The suit states, "Defendants' use in commerce of the mark Metallica for perfume has caused confusion and is likely to continue to cause confusion, deception, and mistake in the minds of the public with respect to the source and origin of defendants' goods, in that the public will believe that plaintiff is the source of origin of such goods, is affiliated with defendants, and/or defendants' goods, or has sponsored, approved, or licensed defendants' use of the mark Metallica and/or defendants' goods offered under such mark."

Metallica settled a similar lawsuit in January against Victoria's Secret over a line of lip pencils that used the Metallica name