(April 21, 2016, 11:09 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Efforts by Hachette Filipacchi Presse — owner of the “ELLE” trademark — to dismiss a declaratory judgment action by fashion designer Elle Sasson were unsuccessful on April 20, when a New York federal judge ruled instead that the case should proceed (Elle Sasson, et al. v. Hachette Filipacchi Presse, No. 15-194, S.D. N.Y.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52902)....