| | and with the pants retailing at $695, we feel she might have spent her money more wisely...andstylishly. What is your opinion?Louboutin defends red-sole trademarkFans of famed footwear designerChristian Louboutin helped fill a Manhattan courtroom yesterday for that latest battle within thelegal war over his trademark scarlet-soled high heels.A large number of women - some sportingLouboutin heels - were among the spectators at the US Second Ci Jimmy Choo rcuit Court of Appeals, as well as Louboutin himself and fellow fashionista Diane von Furstenberg.Both style-setters sat side-by-side as three appeals judges kicked around Louboutin bid to blockthe Yves Saint Laurent fashion house from allegedly infringing on his signature motif.At problem isLouboutin get an injunction barring YSL from selling several models of all-red shoes that includedred soles that this designer says stomp on his trademark rights.He says he should protect his Jimmy Choo Shoes instantly recognizable brand to hold YSL and ther copyists?from walking served by his business,which was projected to ring up $135 million in retail sales in the United States last year.ButManhattan federal Judge Victor Marrero rejected Louboutin in August, essentially ruling that thisshoe designer couldn trademark a color.n the style industry color serves ornamental and aestheticfunctions vital to robust competition,?Marrero ruled.Problem yesterday, presiding Judge Jos Jimmy Choo Uk Cabranes asked in the event the designer planned to trademark he color red,?as suggested by YSL.edon claim basic red,?said Louboutin lawyer Harley Lewin, who insisted the designer only wanted toprotect particular color, inside a particular place, over a particular item.?p>Judge Chester Straub -who made YSL lawyer David Bernstein remove a istracting?red shoe from his table - asked the lawyerwhether he thought one may be trademarked.Bernstein acknowledged that colors could be protected for
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