Balenciaga Yongeye gufata Madden Ikinyamakuru Daily Mail kivuga ko -Balenciaga na Steve Madden bongeye kutumvikana nyuma yuko ikirango cy'Ubufaransa gitanze ikirego kivuga ko Steve Madden yarenze ku mategeko agenga imyambarire y'ubucuruzi. Mu cyumweru gishize, inyandiko z’urukiko zashyikirijwe urukiko rw’ibanze rwa Manhattan zigira ziti: “Uregwa yandukuye byinshi mu bishushanyo mbonera bya Balenciaga, ashobora gushuka abaguzi bakeka ko ihohoterwa [igikapu] rifitanye isano cyangwa ryemerewe na Balenciaga mu gihe atari byo.” .
Umufuka urimo impaka bigaragara ko ari umufuka wa Btalia ya Steve Madden, ugura amadorari 88 kwa Macy na Nordstrom, kandi ufite isura isa na moto ya Balenciaga. Balenciaga yemeza ko "Umufuka uringaniye ufunze urukiramende rwa zipper, gukurura zipper bigizwe n'umurongo ugizwe ipfundo hagati kandi umanitse mu burebure bungana, hamwe n'igice cya elliptique cyashyizwemo udusanduku tubiri twazamuye muri buri mfuruka; n'ibice bibiri bisa muburyo burambuye bwa pentagonal, hagaragaramo pake ndende irambuye yambaye buckle hamwe na sitidiyo ebyiri yazamuye, "byose biranga umufuka wa moto iyo wandukuye utera" kwibeshya "kubakiriya.
Ntabwo aribwo bwa mbere umushinga w’Abafaransa atanga ikirego arega ibikoresho bya Steve Madden. Muri 2009, Balenciaga yatanze ikositimu yubucuruzi isa na Madden ya Multi Bright Bukled Heel yari isa cyane mubishushanyo mbonera bya LEGO.