Comic world: Marc Fisher Footwear

Wednesday 11 July 2012

Marc Fisher Footwear

The latest development in the ORIGIN DRAMA is testimony from Marc Fisher, the CEO of Guess’ footwear licensee Marc Fisher Footwear, who has been consistently fingered as an integral part in the “massive knockoff scheme.” According to WWDIt’s a sentimental story, but unfortunately the evidence does not stack up in Fisher’s favor. Gucci’s lawyer, Louis Ederer, showed the court a binder nearly a foot thick, and filled with photos of Gucci products, spanning the past five years. Fisher’s defense? That the company does not just collect Gucci products to use as “inspiration,” but that they have as many photos for several other brands, which they use as “references” for their designs. Fisher actually started tearing up when his lawyer, Darren Saunders, recounted Gucci’s knockoff accusations. “I don’t understand the allegation,” Fisher said, his voice “quavering,” before he went on to explain how such a knockoff scheme would jeopardize his and his family’s reputation.