complaint, and the Board of Appeal upheld the decision in January 2011. In 2011, Car-Freshner sued Beck & Call for producing a similar line of tree-shaped promotional air fresheners. In December 2015, Car-Freshner sued Sun Cedar, a non-profit organization that aimed to provide gainful employment to the homeless and previously incarcerated, for producing tree-shaped air fresheners made of cedar wood. In September 2016, unable to cope with the growing legal costs, Sun Cedar filed for bankruptcy. In 2018, Car-Freshner sued Balenciaga for making $275 key chains that copy the appearance of the Little Trees air fresheners. In popular culture Little Trees have been featured in multiple aspects of popular culture. Art The British artist Jack Williams, the son of a car salesman, created ‘‘Forest’’, a 2009 installation using 350 Royal Pine air fresheners, hung in a square configuration from the ceiling via fishing wire. Films Little Trees have been featured in such movies as: Repo Man (1984), The Fisher King (1991), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Seven (1995),. Ocean's Eleven (2001), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (film) (2022) and Euphoria (American TV series). Music Mike D mentions Little Trees in the Beastie Boys song, "Slow Ride" ("I got the trees in my mirror/So my car won't smell"). Raggare In Norway, Sweden and Finland, the Wunder-Baum brand is sometimes associated with the raggare subculture. Legality In the United States, many states have regulations concerning obstructed view, objects hanging from the rear-view mirror, obstructed windshield, or similar legislation. Citations and/or custodial arrests for violations of such statutes are not unknown. References External links Car-Freshner Corporation @ www.littletrees.com Little Trees Europe @ www.little-trees.eu Automotive accessories American inventions