The two style-setters sat side-by-side as three appeals discount christian louboutin judges kicked around Louboutin’s bid to block the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house from allegedly infringing on his signature motif.


At issue is Louboutin’s request for an injunction barring YSL from selling several models of all-red shoes that included red soles that the designer says stomp on his trademark rights.
He says he needs to protect christian louboutin discount his instantly recognizable brand to keep YSL and “other copyists” from walking off with his business, which was projected to ring up $135 million in retail sales in the United States last year.
But Manhattan federal Judge Victor Marrero turned down Louboutin in August, in essence ruling that the shoe designer couldn’t trademark a color.