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Ruling steps on shoe designer's toes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
(CNN) -- French shoemaker Christian Louboutin is seeing red -- and will likely be seeing a lot more of it -- after a judge in Manhattan denied an injunction that would have kept fellow designer Yves Saint Laurent from selling shoes with red soles,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
The lawsuit, filed in June, takes issue with four specific shoes from YSL's Cruise 2011 Collection: the Tribute, Tribtoo,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Palais and Woodstock models,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], claiming the shoes violate Louboutin's trademarked "lacquered red sole."
In fact, Louboutin's red soles have graced many a red carpets, adorning the feet of celebrities Oprah Winfrey, Heidi Klum and Sarah Jessica Parker. District Judge Victor Marrero acknowleded that in choosing a red sole for his shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Louboutin had "departed from longstanding conventions and norms of his industry," to create a product, "so eccentric and striking that it is easily perceived and remembered."
However,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Marrero went on to say that, "Louboutin's claim to the 'the color red' is, without some limitation,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], overly broad and inconsistent with the scene of trademark registration."
"This was a trademark that never should've been issued," David Bernstein,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], attorney for the defendant, Yves Saint Laurent said.
He adds,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "YSL has been using red since the 1970s,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], other designers have used red on the soles of their shoes. They aren't doing so to confuse people,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but because it's a design aesthetic."
Lewin thinks the judge went too far.
"This is no longer about the case,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said.
Judge Marrero's decision drew parallels between painters and fashion designers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], calling them both members of a creative industry where no one should be barred from using color to achieve their aesthetic. Doing so could, "interfere with creativity and stifle competition."
Bernstein agrees. Marrero said industrial products are different because the application of color is simply to distinguish one manufacturer from another.
Lewin says his client "separated his shoes from everyone else's by using a red sole."
Lewin said he's never had such an outpouring from his fellow attorneys,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], law professors and members of the fashion industry,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], telling him, "This [verdict] is an abomination. Tell your client to appeal."
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