Grey goods for luxury come of age
Ron ColemanOne of my favorite trademark topics. It’s happening!
The creativity of theft
Sarah Burstein, by way of Julie Zerbo, or is it the other way around? An appropriate question: This design squatting (I don't know what else to call it) is astounding…
Fashion. Law. Realness. Me!
Will there be beautiful people? Please, darling! It's the Fashion Law Institute!
Register now for the Federal Bar Association Fashion Law Conference 2018
Last year the Fashion Law fest of the Federal Bar Association was a blast. This year it will be a different blast but every bit as full of blasty goodness!…
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands (Best of 2017)
Marc WhippleOriginally published on Match 28, 2017.This is a special treat! In our line of work it isn’t necessarily a compliment to call someone a “gentleman,” though “scholar” seems ok. I’ve…
Guest post: Not So Cheerful About Varsity Brands
This is a special treat! In our line of work it isn’t necessarily a compliment to call someone a “gentleman,” though “scholar” seems ok. I’ve gotten away with it though…
Fashion Law in New York City – February 10, 2017
I’ll be participating in the 2017 Federal Bar Association Fashion Law Seminar in New York on February 10th at the New School. My panel will surely rock: Litigating a Brand:…
Fashion Law at the Federal Bar Association
Via fashionista-lawyer-to-the-fashionista-stars Olivera Medenica, it’s time to roll up for the Federal Bar Association‘s 2016 Fashion Law Conference at the Parson’s School of Design! Look, here’s the text I copied…
Best of 2014: Lady calls me up…
Originally posted on February 27, 2014. Did you ever wonder what happened in the Val Colbert declaratory judgment action against Chanel? Yeah, I forgot about it too, and evidently I…
Strange trademark things going on — or perhaps nothing going on at all — with Charriol
I don’t know much about fine jewelry. But a person looking at retail jewelry online during this, the season of discounting, pointed out to me last night that there seemed…
Lady calls me up…
Did you ever wonder what happened in the Val Colbert declaratory judgment action against Chanel? Yeah, I forgot about it too, and evidently I was not alone. Because something did…
Covering your assets.
Matthew David BrozikOver the weekend, all the nerdiest news outlets reported that Volpin Props‘ company that makes props and replicas “mostly videogame related,” according to the outfit’s Facebook page — “but anything…
Oral argument tomorrow at the Second Circuit — Ochre LLC (Copyright – Useful articles – Lighting – Fashion Design)
Tomorrow morning I will appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which will hear argument in Ochre LLC v. Deutsche Bank, a copyright case. As…
Best of 2012: Fashionably great
Originally posted October 25, 2012. I had a fabulous time, if you will, as a panelist and participant in last night’s Fashion Lawyer Marketing CLE at Fordham Law School’s Fashion…