Aquazzura Accused Ivanka Trump Of Plagiarizing Her Shoe Design Works.

According to reports, Aquazzura founder Edgardo Osorio has the same name as Ivanka Trump. brand The case of plagiarizing the design work of his shoe was formally brought into action.

The US website has recently reported the latest progress in the case: on Friday, defendant Ivanka Trump formally denied the allegations.

Edgardo Osorio formally filed a lawsuit against the federal court of Manhattan, New York in June, accusing Ivanka Trump of infringement of commercial appearance, illegal competition and fraudulent trade. Edgardo Osorio specifically refers to the Ivanka Trump Collection (hereinafter referred to as IT Collection) launched the sandal Hettie (Figure 1) "almost copied" the design of his red sandals style Wild Thing (Figure two), the two paragraph. High heeled sandals There are fringed decorations on the ankles and toes, while the former sells less than 1/5 of the latter. The defendants in the case include: IT Collection, Trump company, M.B. Fisher (Ivanka Trump). Shoe shoe Authorized producer) and Ivanka Trump Collection parent Marc Fisher Holdings.

Last Friday, Ivanka Trump formally submitted her response document to the court. Meanwhile, IT Collection also denied the accusation of Aquazzura Aquazzura in the form of an independent document. In this court document, IT Collection filed counterclaim. The company believes that the design of the Aquazzura shoes is not protected by law, because there is a lack of "second meanings" in the design. The trademark "second meanings" refers to the description of characters, graphics, models, quality, main raw materials, functions, uses, weight, quantity, origin and so on, which directly express the general name, graphics, type, quality, main purpose, weight, quantity, origin, etc., or their combination. After a long period of use, the new meaning that has the original narrative meaning has the function of marking the specific source of goods or services. )

In addition, IT Collection believes that the company has the right to use Wild Thing similar shoes design, because "the overall design of this shoe is not protected by the commercial appearance of the law, belongs to the field of public domain". IT Collection does not infringe any trademark or trade dress right, and claims lawyers' fees and other related expenses. Marc Fisher Holdings filed a similar counterclaim document. Both companies agreed that the design of Wild Thing did not have the function of commercial appearance because there was no obvious distinction between this shoe and other brand sandals.