Over 20,000 Counterfeit Louboutins Seized

This week in Los Angeles, 20,457 pairs of counterfeit Christian Louboutin shoes, worth an estimated $57,490, were seized from a shipment from China at the Long Beach seaport complex. According to the U.S. Customs and Border protection, manufacturers estimated that the shoes had estimated retail price of 18 million dollars. While there has been much debate over the red sole as a viable trademark in the courts, the U.S. Customs and Border didn't seem to question it, stating that the reason they decided to seize the shoes was because “[t]hey [saw] a trademark protected by U.S. law.” Perhaps this is a statement worth quoting in the courts for the appeal of the case against YSL.