The red bottoms of Christian Louboutin shoes make each pair instantly recognizable; Christian Louboutin filed a lawsuit against Yves Saint Laurent for trademark infringement when the brand’s 2011 shoe collection featured shoes with red bottoms. Louboutin claims that the shoes are virtually identical and are likely to confuse consumers. Despite the fact that the USPTO…
Burlington Coat Factory was ordered Monday to pay triple damages to Fendi for knowingly infringing Italian fashion company Fendi’s trademarks. The discount retailer was found to have been selling counterfeit Fendi goods from unauthorized retailers for decades. Fendi sued Burlington back in 1986 for purchasing counterfeit products and in 1987 Burlington agreed to an injunction…
The French fashion house filed suit last year against the recording company for allowing several of its artists to display unauthorized Louis Vuitton trademarks in their music videos and on CD literature. The matter has reportedly been settled for about $156,000. Fashionphile has managed to capture stills from the infringing videos. In Britney Spears’ music…
Federal agents are stepping up efforts to curb the proliferation of counterfeit purses. Designer knock-offs have become so ubiquitous that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (“ICE”) is concerned that their sale is a key revenue source for organized crime syndicates. In a news story here, Nebraska TV station KETV7 says it snuck hidden cameras…
An earlier post detailed foam footwear manufacturer Crocs Inc.’s subsidiary’s legal defense of its intellectual property. This time, the parent company is alleging illicit mimicry of its designs and logo by Skechers USA, Inc. in its new Nano Lite foam shoes. In a complaint filed July 10 in U.S. District Court in Denver, Crocs alleges…
Assignment of Rights Doesn’t Suit Joseph Abboud Story here] The injunction also On June 5, JA Apparel Corp. announced that it had secured a permanent injunction confirming its ownership of all the trademark rights associated with the brand name Joseph Abboud. confirmed JA Apparel’s position that Abboud had violated the noncompete agreement executed when he…
In our November 2007 newsletter, located we discussed the protectability of fashion designs in light of the introduction of the Design Piracy Protection Act (the “DPPA”), Congress’s proposed legislation to give fashion designers a clearer path to securing protection for their designs and compensation for infringements of those designs. As readers of our newsletter and…