Case brief: Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent (2nd Cir. 2012) 696 F.3d 206or2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18663 (obtain copy of court decision from library using LexisNexis). Brief the case using theI-R-A-C discussed below and during class, and then write essay responses to the following questions:
1) Identify the court that decided the case and describe the basis of the court’s jurisdiction over the parties’dispute (review Chapter 2 for guidance);
2) Name the types of business organizations under which Louboutin and Yves Saint Laurent have organized, and state the pros and cons of each of these business forms;
3) What other alternative business forms could Louboutin or Yves Saint Laurent select, and explain the pros and cons of at least one of these alternative business forms;
4) Describe the type of relief Louboutin sought in the case and state whether this is a legal or equitable remedy (review Chapter 1 for guidance); and
5) Based on class discussion concerning intellectual property rights, do you think the appellate court got its decision right in this case? Why or why not? (SLOs 1, 2, 3, and
4). Your responses to the above questions should be numbered and written in paragraph format.