For four years now, Louis Vuitton has been trying to convince a judge that Dooney & Bourke's multicolored monogram handbags were too similar to their own monogrammed purses and customers would get confused (we’re talking about the white/colored monogrammed purses for LV and D&B, for clarification). On Friday May 30, the judge determined consumers probably won't confuse one for the other and ruled in Dooney & Bourke's favor; LV used a larger font size and a combination of letters and shapes, D&B just uses an unadorned DB.
So, it took four years to figure that out? Vuitton plans to appeal the decision. Of course they do.
I agree with the judge, the bags don't look anything alike. What next? All designers bags with monograms, including Gucci, Coach, Etro, Christian Dior and Xhilaration by Target?