June 15, 2015
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Inc. won a ruling Friday in that "red gold" is a generic term, a reversal of an earlier decision that the California federal judge now says was a "misinterpretation" of Ninth Circuit trademark case law.
October 30, 2014
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Inc. wants the Ninth Circuit to immediately weigh in on whether a Los Angeles jeweler can claim the term "Red Gold" as a trademark, saying a district judge issued an aberrational ruling that a generic term could transform into a trademark.
September 29, 2014
A California federal judge on Monday refused Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Inc.'s request to toss a Los Angeles jeweler's trademark infringement suit on grounds the jeweler's "Red Gold" trademark is generic, ruling that whether the mark is protectable is a "very close question" for a jury to decide.
April 25, 2014
A Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Inc. subsidiary urged a California district judge to toss a suit alleging the luxury watchmaker infringes a Los Angeles jeweler's registered trademark for "Red Gold," arguing Friday that decades of evidence show the mark is generic and should be canceled.