The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Louis Vuitton in a counterfeiting lawsuit after 15 months of investigation. The French house filed a suit against several companies for allegedly importing and selling designs with the iconic Toile Monogram marks.
According to WWD, the case is centered around an elaborate enterprise allegedly run by Jianyong Zheng and Alice Bei Wang. The pair owned and managed several companies, including T&T Handbag Industrial Co. Ltd. and Sanjiu Leather Co. Ltd. in Guangzhou, China, Meada Corp. and Pacpro Inc. in El Monte, California, and Trendy Creations in Chatsworth, California. Two other companies, The Inspired Bagger in Dallas, Texas and House of Bags in Los Angeles, allegedly bought fake Louis Vuitton bags from Zheng and Wang and are also involved in the suit.
Louis Vuitton's global intellectual property director Valerie Sonnier said that the ruling is significant in protecting the brand: "As the first luxury goods company to seek redress at the ITC, we are pleased with the significant remedy that has been recommended. The chief administrative law judge recognizes the importance of protecting intellectual property and took the welcome step of ensuring that its orders include all merchandise that infringes on our Toile Monogram Marks, and not just products of the respondents in this case."
Although the ITC has ruled in their favor, Vuitton is "seeking a permanent exclusion order against the importation of the infringing products, as well as a cease-and-desist order against the companies." That decision is yet to be made.
2012年3月14日星期三
Changing of the guard
At Paris Fashion Week, I've been serenaded by Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz, served champagne at Hermes and seduced by Chanel's giant crystal palace at the magnificent Grand Palais monument to la Belle Epoque.
Then there were the metal detectors at Haider Ackermann.
Decanting one's handbag is usually an activity reserved for the end of the day during Paris Fashion Week, yet at 11am we found ourselves doing so due to the heritage-listed grandeur of the city's Hotel de Ville, which was the venue for Ackermann's show.
As Tilda Swinton took her place in the front row, the lights dimmed before the first model emerged in an olive-green round-shouldered jacket over a black form-fitting knit dress cinched at the waist by a grey obi-like thick leather belt.
As the volume of the eerie electronic music swelled so, too, did that of the clothes; jackets were amplified into spherical, sculptural shapes balanced against skinny trousers or sheath skirts and classics such as the trench and the biker were reworked in leather with seaming, padding and zippers.
With its autumnal tones (Frank Sinatra's Autumn Leaves was part of the soundtrack, just in case you missed the inspiration), elaborate layering, heavy use of leather, belted waists and - most importantly - a new, soft shoulder, Ackermann's collection was not only that of a designer at the top of his game, it also offered in a single show a handy cheat sheet of the key trends we will be wearing next winter.
Then there were the metal detectors at Haider Ackermann.
Decanting one's handbag is usually an activity reserved for the end of the day during Paris Fashion Week, yet at 11am we found ourselves doing so due to the heritage-listed grandeur of the city's Hotel de Ville, which was the venue for Ackermann's show.
As Tilda Swinton took her place in the front row, the lights dimmed before the first model emerged in an olive-green round-shouldered jacket over a black form-fitting knit dress cinched at the waist by a grey obi-like thick leather belt.
As the volume of the eerie electronic music swelled so, too, did that of the clothes; jackets were amplified into spherical, sculptural shapes balanced against skinny trousers or sheath skirts and classics such as the trench and the biker were reworked in leather with seaming, padding and zippers.
With its autumnal tones (Frank Sinatra's Autumn Leaves was part of the soundtrack, just in case you missed the inspiration), elaborate layering, heavy use of leather, belted waists and - most importantly - a new, soft shoulder, Ackermann's collection was not only that of a designer at the top of his game, it also offered in a single show a handy cheat sheet of the key trends we will be wearing next winter.
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