Success has eluded hotel heiress Paris Hilton in music, movies and publishing. So why not fashion too?

According to a recently filed lawsuit, Hilton allegedly infringed on a patented design when she created a pump for her shoe line. (Described by a fashionable co-worker as looking like the drag queen version of Russell Crowe’s Roman sandals in “Gladiator.”)

Brooklyn-based Gwyneth Shoes say Hilton and her company Antebi Footwear Group willfully infringed on a patent of theirs called “Shoe Sock Having a Heart Shaped Pad.” After the jump, compare and contrast photos of the two shoes and struggle along with us as we try to understand why this is happening in Seattle. Read the rest of this entry »