According to Vogue, Louis Vuitton’s artistic director, Marc Jacobs, is suing designer Christian Audigier for trade-dress and trademark infringement.
New York Magazine says that Jacobs alleges Audigier copied one of the handbags from his Marc by Marc Jacobs collection, the Pretty Nylon Tote. Jacobs says the "size, shape, color or color combinations, product design, texture, and selection and arrangement of materials and accessories" make up its trade dress and Audigier’s bag is "confusingly similar".
Jacobs also accuses Audigier of unfair competition for printing a fish on his bag.
Marc Jacobs is seeking an court injunction and, if an injunction is granted, the right to seize profits made from the item and the destruction of the merchandise, as well as legal fees and unspecified damages.