Ivanka Trump, Italy's Aquazzura end 'Wild Thing' shoe lawsuit

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Source: Reuters

#U.S. NOVEMBER 17, 2017 / 3:51 PM / UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO

Ivanka Trump, Italy's Aquazzura end 'Wild Thing' shoe lawsuit

Jonathan Stempel
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italian shoemaker Aquazzura Italia SRL has dismissed its lawsuit accusing Ivanka Trump of stealing the design of its “Wild Thing” stiletto-heeled shoe for her own, less-expensive “Hettie” model.

Aquazzura, Trump and co-defendant Marc Fisher Holdings, which partnered in 2010 with the daughter of the now U.S. President Donald Trump to sell her shoes, agreed to dismiss all claims and counterclaims, according to a filing on Friday with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

It was unclear from the filing whether the case had been settled. Lawyers for the parties did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Aquazzura has called the Hettie shoe “virtually an exact copy” of the Wild Thing, which sells for $785 and has been worn by what it called “celebrities and ‘it’ girls” like model Kendall Jenner and singer Solange Knowles.

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1. They see lawsuits as just the cost of doing business. Cheaper for them than following the law. nt