Paris Hilton is in court once again, but this time she’s the one doing the suing. The LA Times reports that the appeals court has upheld a lawsuit in which Paris is suing Hallmark Cards Inc. for wrongfully using her name and image on a birthday card.

Hallmark had requested that he suit be dismissed, however the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Hallmark’s defense that the card was "in the public interest." Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain said of the suit, "Hallmark cannot employ the public interest defense because its birthday card does not publish or report information."

The card showed Paris’ head on a cartoon waitress body with a line that read "Paris’s First Day as a Waitress." This was presumably based on an episode of the show The Simple Life, where Paris did indeed work as a waitress.

Paris is currently seeking at least $100,000 in damages and is accusing Hallmark of "commercial appropriation of identity and invasion of privacy." Paris has been on the winning streak when it comes to lawsuits recently, so maybe she’ll prove victorious once more.

At the moment though, the heiress who one judge described as "famous for being famous," is hitting the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival with beau Doug Reinhardt in tow. Paris was wearing one fabulous dress, but she wasn’t the only one looking glamorous. She was joined on the red carpet by Eva Mendes, looking much better than yesterday, Nicolas Cage, Melanie Brown and Stephen Belafonte.

Good luck with the lawsuit Paris. You’ll probably win. Cause that’s what famous people do.

Via – Celebuzz