In 2007, French shoe designer Christian
Louboutin successfully applied for a trademark in Britain, specifically referring to "the specific red color used in the sole position (Pan Tong color number: 18. 1663TP)". 20 10, Christian
Louboutin filed a trademark territorial extension protection in China, but the Trademark Office of China called the trademark "lack of distinctive features" and rejected the application for international registration of the trademark.
Both the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB) of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Beijing Intellectual Property Court believe that Christian
After Louboutin applied for a trademark as a three-dimensional symbol and could not be registered as a trademark, the Beijing Higher People's Court rejected the previous trial results in the second-instance judgment of 20 18 12, holding that the trademark application was not a three-dimensional symbol, but a single color that limited the use position.