Louboutin sues Charles Jourdan

07/06/2013
Luxury footwear brand Christian Louboutin has filed a lawsuit against US-based Charles Jourdan Fashion Footwear claiming it has infringed a trademark for red-soled women’s shoes.

The French company in September won a case against YSL which ruled that the red soles are so synonymous with the brand that they should be protected by law.

Jourdan supplied counterfeit shoes to retailers in New York which were also sold on retailer DSW’s website, Louboutin said in a filing in a federal court in Manhattan.

“Defendants were and are aware that the counterfeit products they sell are not genuine Louboutin products,” Louboutin said in its complaint. It seeks $2 million in damages for each mark that is infringed.