It is not sunshine and lollipops yet for Rachel Roy, but there may be some light behind the dark clouds.
In March, The Jones Group, Roy’s fashion label’s parent company, attempted to sell Roy’s fashion brand and trademarks and stopped production of Roy’s fall 2014 collection. Inside sources detailed that The Jones Group felt that Roy’s label no longer fit in with the strategic direction of the parent company. Rachel Roy’s fashion label was to celebrate its tenth year anniversary.
Today, Rachel Roy won an injunction against The Jones Group after filing a petition against the parent company in April. “When it comes to trademarks, when it comes to designs, it’s very personal in nature, and I got that sense from reading Miss Roy’s affidavit,” New York Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing said. This winning injunction prevents the sale of Rachel Roys’s fashion label and trademarks and practically ensures the lawsuit will go to trial.
All this is great news for Roy who has also has had her name bandied about in the recent fracas between Solange Knowles and Jay Z after Solange had a tete a tete with Roy at the 2014 Met Gala. Not quite blue skies yet for Rachel Roy, but a definite relief from recent storm clouds!!
—William S. Gooch
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