Red Soles Sue!

Christian Louboutin who has become famous for creating the signature red soled footwear sued Yves Saint Laurent on Thursday for allegedly ripping off his soles by designing red YSL's with red soles.


The red sole on each pair of Louboutin's have been the designer's trademark since 1992, when the latter applied crimson nail polish to the soles of his creations. The rest is history and each pair of Louboutin's have since hit the pavement with red soles.


The lawsuit claims that 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."


I don't quite know what to make of all of this seeing as how colours could not traditionally be trademarked. However, Louboutin shoes have become known and identifiable because of their world famous and highly coveted red soles.
On another note, the red YSL shoes with the red soles are part of a collection of YSL shoes wherein each coloured shoe has a matching coloured sole (i.e.: purple shoe and purple sole).


Let's see how this one plays out...