Posts Tagged ‘ Paris Hilton ’

Paris Hilton’s Bad Hair Day Could Cost Her $3.5 Million

August 19th, 2010. By LucyC

We’ve all had bad hair days—but Paris Hilton, in her usual fashion, has managed to take it to a whole new level. She is reportedly being sued (yes, hard to believe, I know) for wearing the wrong hair extensions. In fact, she’s being sued for breach of contract. And the company wants damages 10 times the amount of the contract…ummm 

The suit, and I have not read it personally so caveat emptor, claims that Paris wore a competitor’s hair extensions in 2008, presumably out to an event, instead of those made by Hairtech International Inc. They apparently manufacture a line of hair extensions called “DreamCatchers,” (‘bad dream’-catchers might have been more appropriate) that Paris agreed to front beginning in 2007. The suit also claims that Paris missed a launch party for a new product in 2007 because she was in jail. 

FYI, you can see Paris and the—er, her—DreamCatcher hair extensions on the DreamCatcher website. Yes, hard feelings aside, according to the website, it’s not just Paris lending her face to DreamCatchers—it’s “DreamCatchers by Paris Hilton”—which begs the question, Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Breach of Contract, Dreamcatchers, Hair Extensions, Paris Hilton
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Yes, I’m defending Paris Hilton

January 13th, 2010. By AbiK

I’ll say it again: Yes, I’m defending Paris Hilton.

Paris has been slapped with an infringement lawsuit over her Paris Hilton shoes’ insole cushion. They’re heart-shaped. And wouldn’t you know, Gwyneth Shoes has very similar insoles—so similar, in fact, that they claim Paris stole the idea!

Now, admittedly, I don’t have the inside scoop on where and how Paris’ biz team gets their ideas—though as with every celebrity product launch we continue to hear how “closely involved” or “hands on” Paris is in the “complete” design-manufacture-marketing process for her shoes. Yeah. Ok.

But, here’s where I’m coming from. First, you can buy heart-shaped insoles (see pic) from Foot Petals. Secondly, have you seen Gwyneth’s lineup of shoes? No? If you’ve seen Paris’ shoes, Jessica Simpson’s shoes, Steve Madden, Chinese Laundry, and even Payless, you’ve basically seen Gwyneth’s lineup. Note also, you won’t find Gwyneth on zappos.com, shoes.com or piperlime.com either.

So here’s my bet: Gwyneth saw an opportunity and took it. Think about it, I’d never write about or stop by Gwyneth shoes’ website if it hadn’t been for Paris Hilton. So unless something comes out in the wash here, I’m saying drop it. And Gwyneth can shoot Paris a thank-you email for the bump in their traffic number for January 2010 vs. prior month…year…all-time history…

I don’t find myself in Paris’ court too often, but on this one, yes, I’m defending Paris Hilton.

Tags: Infringement, Paris Hilton, Trademark Infringement
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Paris Hilton Gets Some Action…Class Included

September 17th, 2009. By LucyC

Paris‘ work ethic (?) has got her into trouble yet again—this time it could end up costing her some bucks. Well, hang on, let’s not get carried away here…

 

Paris, (I feel like I know her well enough to address her by her first name) is facing a potential $34 million class action lawsuit brought by Mediastar, an event marketing company, after failing to honor her contract and show up for several promotional events in Europe. You know, cocktails in Germany with the adopted son of Hungarian royal Frederic Prinz von Anhalt , that kind of thing.

 

Paris, for her part, is claiming that she was mislead, that the venue in Germany at which she was supposed to appear is a strip club not a “night club”. Well, that definition is totally subjective for a start. Not to mention her attitude does seem a little hypocritical, given her own her foray into adult entertainment, which, if memory serves correct, she also claimed to not have known about in advance…

 

According to media reports, Michael Marx, who organised the events in Germany, told the German newspaper Bild, “Mediastar is not alone with the lawsuit. Paris Hilton also pulled out of appearances in Italy, postponed flights, threw the whole programme over. …After examination of all the facts and contracts it (suit) can even become more than 23 million Euros ($34 million).” To put that in terms even Paris can understand, that’s roughly 57,000 pairs of Manolo’s! (ok, the low-end ones at about $600 a pop…) 

 

But I have to wonder—lawsuit aside—who really ended up getting the most PR out of all of this? If you believe the old marketing adage—”there’s no such thing as bad publicity”—it would seem that Paris has trumped her “clients”, again; has proven that bad behavior does pay, big time, again; and therefore seems to have truly mastered the media universe. 

 

Oh, and let’s not forget she is creating opportunities for PR flacks, journalists and lawyers in a tough economic climate…

Tags: Paris Hilton
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Paris Hilton finds her talent niche: litigious living

September 1st, 2009. By AbiK

Paris Hilton may not have found her talent niche yet, but she apparently knows how to work the systems—PR and courts, that is. You have to give her credit, she’s tried modeling, acting (tv, viral-release video, and film), singing, perfuming (is that a word?)…but it’s only been recently that she may have found her true calling: a litigious living.

Paris and the Law: Take One

Someone—namely some film investors—had the nerve to file a lawsuit against Paris alleging that she failed to promote her 2006 box office miss “Pledge This!”. See, the movie didn’t quite provide the hoped for ROI, so the investors kind of wanted some money back ($8.3 million, specifically). So they went after what they perceived to be the best target: Paris. Deep pockets? Check! Possible reason film sucked? Check! They figured, hey, easy way to recoup that investment. Unfortunately, U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno didn’t quite agree. He felt the lawsuit was based on speculation. Oh, she may have to cough up around $1 mill, but still…Paris is 1-0.

Paris and the Law: Take Two

Fast-forward to 2007 when Paris took the reins and went after Hallmark. Those creative types in Missouri played off some pop culture (Paris!) and created a greeting card with a cartoon image of a waitress on it. Ahh, but the cartoon had an actual image of Paris’ head superimposed on it, with the caption, “That’s hot”. Paris didn’t take it too kindly— Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Hallmark, Lex Levity, Paris Hilton
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