Derek Lam is taking no shorts in his newest legal action against Ivanka Trump!
One of the designers for his footwear line came across Ivanka Trump’s Cadie wedge sandal online and saw that it was an exact duplicate of the designer’s Ayami shoe.
Yesterday Lam’s legal team sent a cease and desist letter to the Trump offices giving Ivanka Trump Footwear, and licensee Marc Fisher Footwear, seven days to pull the shoes from shelves.
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“We have seen very similar copies before but we have never seen a shoe that perfectly copied,” said Jan-Hendrik Schlottmann, chief executive officer of Derek Lam. “It’s such an investment to make a shoe … we had to protest this.”
Ivanka Trump’s Cadie shoe, which sells for $780, is over five times as much than what the original Ayami wedge shoe costs, ($150) implying that the legal team might actually sue for damages.
Lam understands that Ivanka might not be aware of the copied shoe, but feels the imitation has to go!
“I actually ordered them, but I haven’t received them yet,” he said, noting that the sandal is nowhere to be found on Trump’s Web site. “I’m sure Ms. Trump doesn’t know her wedge is copy because it’s through a license.”
We hope Ivanka and Derek get this cleared up quickly!
SOURCE: NY Mag
