Tod’s Sinks Luxury Purse Maker’s Double-T Logo Trademark Suit

Luxury designer Tod’s SpA defeated claims that its interlocking double-T logo infringes a registered trademark used on $1,000 to $3,000 purses mostly sold by word of mouth and house parties.

Consumer confusion is unlikely because of a combination of the weakness of Tribe of Two LLC’s trademark, minor but significant logo differences, use of clarifying house marks, and entirely separate channels of trade, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Monday.

Judge Jessica G.L. Clarke also said no consumer survey was presented, and two of the three claimed cases of actual confusion came from friends ...