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Category: Fashion Law

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Posted on May 24, 2022 Costumes and Clothing Fashion Law

Louboutin gets the boot

In a case that has everyone seeing red — No, let me start over. And without the jokes. Because in a decision in Christian Louboutin... Read more

Posted on March 30, 2022 Fashion Law IP Institutions

Fashion ex nihilo?

So much for Special Creation in blog graphics, I guess.  It seems that the theologically inclined among us trademark law types think alike… but in... Read more

Posted on March 25, 2022 Fashion Law Roundups

Read Knockoff News 40

Why shop anywhere else? Originally posted 2011-02-17 15:08:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on December 3, 2021December 8, 2021 Fashion Law

Famous names on famous dames

Oscars after-party thoughts: Did you ever wonder about just how far someone can go “knocking off” a famous designer gown? Counterfeit Chic twirls around some... Read more

Posted on November 16, 2021 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Internet Law

Best of 2010: Forget breakfast — eBay eats Tiffany’s lunch

The Second Circuit, unsurprisingly according to most commentators, has affirmed the decision of the Southern District of New York refusing to find eBay liable for... Read more

Posted on November 14, 2021 Fashion Law

No “30% solution”

Here I am, sitting 44 stories above the Garment District itself (when I’m not standing under its immortal needle, shown below), and I needed Staci... Read more

Posted on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Fashion Law

Grey goods for luxury come of age

One of my favorite trademark topics. It’s happening! Read more

Posted on September 2, 2021 Fashion Law

The sincerest form of flattery

Susan Scafidi seems genuinely shocked — no, I mean, genuinely!  — over this comment by Ralph Lauren: When the New York Times‘ Eric Wilson listened to Oprah... Read more

Posted on July 1, 2021July 7, 2021 Fashion Law

A Round in the Polo Match Goes to the U.S. Polo Association

The AP reports that Ralph Lauren has lost the latest battle in the ongoing tussle between his gazillion-dollar faux-upper-crust-Americana fashion brand and the actual horsey... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Copyright Law Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

Bag It

Remember Vuitton v. Dooney? It’s over. Reports the Shiny Style blog: A judge ruled in favor of Dooney & Bourke in the trademark dispute involving... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law

Parlous times

New York magazine: It’s mortifying enough to be busted carrying a faux designer handbag (um, not that we would know or anything), but imagine how... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law

Best of 2006: Side by side comparison doesn’t decide likelihood of confusion

Originally posted on July 11, 2006. This is an important decision: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has partially reversed the earlier ruling of the... Read more

Posted on June 17, 2021 Fashion Law Secondary Liability

Don’t Akanoc it if you… oh, never mind…

Word is out that the Ninth Circuit has just affirmed the opinion in Akanoc Solutions — which I first wrote about here — for the most part.... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Brand Management and Branding Fashion Law

Decline and Fall

Counterfeit Chic reports on yet another indignity visited on the famous girl singer who is presently popular culture’s most pathetic public death spiral:  a European... Read more

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet and social media). That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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