After filing a lawsuit against Yves Saint Laurent for infringing on his trademark red soles, Christian Louboutin is now going after Carmen Steffens for the same exact thing. But unlike YSL, the Steffens is ready to throw down in court.
In a statement released on Monday, the Brazilian company thinks it's "surprising that another brand is trying to reserve the rights to any color. The tones are not the same, and, as catalogs dating from 1996 can prove, Carmen Steffens shoes contain soles of all colors, including red."
Their international development director, Gabriel Spaniol, added:
"We are ready to provide unassailable evidence that we have been using colored soles, especially red, before Mr. Christian Louboutin popularized his."
In the lawsuit filed on Thursday, Louboutin claims YSL's red shoes with red soles "are virtually identical to plaintiff's Red Sole Mark is likely to cause and is causing confusion, mistake and deception among the relevant purchasing public as to the origin of the infringing footwear."
While the shoes in question do look similar, we think Monsieur Louboutin is going to have a problem winning this one. YSL's red on red shoe is part of a larger collection that matches the color of the shoe with the sole.
The court papers also say Louboutin only noticed the alleged copycat in January, which is kinda funny since YSL's sold red sole shoes in the past.
They're undoubtedly THE most popular brand of shoes in Hollywood.
With a pair for almost every occasion imaginable, Loubs are guaranteed to make an appearance at any celebrity event.
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Oh man, it's like Twilight: New Moon but for REALZ (well, except for the open relationship part)! Hopefully Kristen Stewart isn't going all "adrenaline junkie" on us, LOLz!
Rumor has it that Kristen and Robert Pattinson have split up (again), and that Robbie Robs has already starting moving stuff out of their shared Los Feliz home...
BUT, it seems that Robsten might not be 100% over -- or at least, an alleged insider claims Rob is NOT moving out yet, and that the pair are going to try dating other people!
