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Louboutin trademark case: The red sole verdict

By Angela Boman | Posted on June 12, 2018

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) stated that a sign such as the Louboutin’s trademark is intended purely to show the positioning of the red colour covered by the registration and not consisting ‘exclusively‘of a shape (Case No. C-163/16) The French shoe designer Christian Louboutin is defending its BENELUX trademark registration...

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Tags: Christian Louboutin, design, Infringement, Louboutin, Netherlands, red sole, red soles, ruling, shoe designer

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