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Melania Trump isnt the only one in her family being accused of stealing ideas from other people, i.e. her speech which turned out to be extremely similar to Michelle Obamas own speech at the DNC from 2008.
Ivanka Trump is now being accused of copying shoe designs from luxury footwear label Aquazzura, and theyre filing a trademark lawsuit against her for it. They claim she is guilty of repeated infringement and deceptive trade practices. Several of their top designs were copied, they claim.
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http://news.groopspeak.com/ivanka-trump-being-sued-for-stealing-shoe-designs-see-the-side-by-side-comparisons/
B Calm
(28,762 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)brush
(53,884 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Donald Trump recycles talking points and slogans and washed up Happy Days stars.
spooky3
(34,483 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 22, 2016, 03:51 PM - Edit history (1)
puffy socks
(1,473 posts)It was first shoes then the speech.
It makes all the difference.
brush
(53,884 posts)puffy socks
(1,473 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)they are designed for low cost knock-off manufacture.
Probably made in China or Vietnam.
Botany
(70,589 posts)If were talking about aggravated theft of speech lines, the crime wave did not just begin.
The current outbreak of Trump-related larceny began Nov. 19, 2012, two weeks after President Barack Obama was re-elected by 5 million votes.
On paperwork filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, an attorney for Donald Trump reserved a name for a political action committee: Make America Great Again.
Nobody noticed. But the slogan of President Ronald Reagans come-from-behind 1980 victory campaign became the personal property of a New York developer in only his third year back in the Republican Party.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bud-kennedy/article90636182.html#storylink=cpy
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)Still fucked because of that one.
merrily
(45,251 posts)Just so I don't get accused of plagiarism or copyright infringement, a few nights ago, Rachel Maddow suggested that calling Melania Trump's speech an "homage" to Michelle Obama's might be a way out of the plagiarism charges without actually copping to cribbing. (I don't agree with Maddow on that at all. Hence, this post.)
JudyM
(29,280 posts)easily recognizable as Michelle's; not.
Tsk, tsk, Rachel!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to the other manufacturer seems to have been excessive. Given the limited number of popular colors and whatevers in any one year, and the reality that there will inevitably be many similar iterations, this could probably have been entirely avoided by simply paying homage to 1 design from each of 3 different manufacturers.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)that moves from one object to the next, no organic development of
product or in-house ideas, no real need for deep expertise, just make
a killing then on to the next. One deal after another.
Dustlawyer
(10,497 posts)Certainly is favorite "Hot" daughter Ivanka. She seems to be a chip off of the old block head!
brush
(53,884 posts)skim money off the top until scam runs out and on to the next one.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)always peddling something, the next Multi Level Marketing scam
In this business, out of that business
I even met a guy like that who called himself CEO, but traveled
by bus on public transit because of DUI convictions!
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)to give the wearer foot and back problems. There are other stylish choices that aren't damaging to one's health.
I'm beginning to wonder if there shouldn't be some sort of professional guide to making shoes that don't cripple women, that could be used like a certification.
IronLionZion
(45,541 posts)There's nothing original about them at all. They make America copy someone else again while they take the credit.
Experienced professionals don't want to work with him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/us/politics/melania-trump-speech-meredith-mciver.html
Vinca
(50,310 posts)The second and third styles are nearly identical. IMO, the one thing they really have in common is they all look terribly uncomfortable to wear.
Il_Coniglietto
(373 posts)There's a better photo here: http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2016/06/23/aquazzura-sues-ivanka-trump-shoe-designs
Ivanka learned from the best how to scam, cheat and steal.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)absolutely.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)barbtries
(28,811 posts)they may not be identical but certainly they are copies
brush
(53,884 posts)Jerry Seinfeld's wife did a similar thing, she ripped off a cookbook and publishing it as her own.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)too much greed and entitlement.
i guess, i mean i don't get it!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)The family is only good at lending out their "prestigious" last name! and saying how great they are!
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Meredith McIver
whistler162
(11,155 posts)Native
(5,943 posts)WTF?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)Native
(5,943 posts)To her, lawsuits are just another cost of doing business. One look at the pictures makes it abundantly clear that these are copies.
Ms. Toad
(34,102 posts)Unfortunately, copyright law treats virtually all clothing as functional (and not subject to protection under the copyright laws).
That's why the suit is being pursued under trademark law - which is not well a good match for preventing copying products. Trademarks are source identifiers. None of the shoe designs are registered as trade dress (they likely wouldn't qualify), so they are pursuing it under common law trade dress - a much much harder case to prove (since it is usually the route taken by marks/dress that are not eligible to be registered (presumptively not eligible for protection), and have to acquire trademark protection by being so wildly and universally recognized as identifying Aquzzura as the source of the product).
Stinks. And I don't agree that that crap is "functional," so it should be eligible for protection under the copyright law. But it isn't - so (for the most part) Ivanka can legally copy clothing design.
At least the suit shines the light of day on what she is doing.