Coach sues Target over bags it says are copies

Coach Inc. is suing low-price retailer Target Corp. over bags the luxury handbag maker says too closely resemble its own designs.
Coach wants Target to stop selling the bags and pay an undetermined amount in damages, injunctive relief and attorney fees, the New York-based company said in a complaint it filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
The bags in question resemble Coach's Ergo bags, launched in 2008 and marketed as ergonomically correct, and its Signature Patchwork bags, which have patches in different fabrics and also were introduced in 2008, Coach said.
Target began selling handbags this summer with "exact and/or confusingly similar reproductions of Coach's Ergo designs and Signature Patchwork designs," Coach claims.
Coach also sued Minneapolis-based Target in 2006 claiming the retailer was selling a copy of one of its handbags. The companies settled the case.
"We are currently looking into this situation and working with our vendor partner," said Jana O'Leary, a Target spokeswoman said in an e-mail response to a query from The Associated Press. "It always has been — and continues to be — Target's policy to respect the intellectual property rights of others."
Coach shares rose $1.17, or 3.8 percent, to close at $32.25 Monday. The stock has traded between $11.41 and $33.80 over the past year.
Target shares rose 91 cents, or 2 percent, to $46.93. The stock has traded between $25 and $49.20 over the past year.

Top 5 most known fashion designer in history

GiORGIO ARMANI------------Acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy,Giorgio Armani enjoyed great achievement in fashion market. His company, Armani generated an annual turnover of $1.6 billion! In 2001, Forbes named him the most successful Italian designer and estimated his net worth at $1.7 billion. He was given the same award five years later, as the magazine estimated his fortune at $4.1 billion.Then you could see how great this man is in fashion designing world.Giorgio Armani is known today for clean,tailored lines. Goods under his brand are not changing drastically every season - the same elegant and tailored style flows from line to line, taking the best current cultural news. Clothing fashion always leaves a lot of space for interpretation of the man who wears it. Style is not created by Armani; style is your own luxury created by using Armani.

Gianni Versace--------------One of the Twentieth Century’s most talented designers, unfortunately shot to death in 1997. his collaborations with American photographer Richard Avedon helped Gianni Versace become one of the world's elite designers. His 1982 collection introduced metallic garments that would become his trademark, and his elaborate stage costumes for Elton John in the late '80s helped cement his reputation as one of the beautiful people. Many most famous world actors, music stars and other celebrities wear Versace, because of the style that makes a person the center of attention, who always looks exceptionally great, fashionable, stylish, sexy and classy.

Guccio Gucci------------A figure who paseed awway more than 50 years ago,but his Gucci is still one of the hottes in the world! Gucci,the master of splendid leather goods. Gucci is known for its luxury-good designs and is one of the best known names in prestigious designer tops. Though there are lines of clothing, sunglasses and all other accessories, best of the best from Gucci are leather goods - handbags and purses - which always have interesting details and unique taste

Calvin Klein---------the master of urban and sophisticated style,also described as "the supreme master of minimalism". One of the main ideas of this designer - less looks more. He always stays with the same vision: "I've always had a clear design philosophy and point of view about being modern, sophisticated, sexy, clean and minimal." Calvin Klein is one of the best known designer brands of the world and all this was reached because of his unique style orientated at practical design clothes without exaggerating jewelry and other accessories. He was the first designer who created unisex fragrance "CK One" and the first line of designer jeans is also under the label of Calvin Klein.

Chanel-----a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion.. Her extraordinary influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century! Her Chnael----- the master of prestige. Chanel is a brand that represents finest quality luxury goods which are usually very rare and reflect a very high class. Details and feminine accessories take a very important place in Chanel designs so the style becomes audacious, passionate, visionary and unique. Everything under Chanel labels must be perfect and classy.