Giving up the Web
ClickZ News says lawyers are “Giving Up on Web Trademark Infringement”: “Trademark dilution is death by a thousand cuts,” said Joe Dreitler, partner at Frost... Read more
Category: Fashion Law
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... Read more
Smocking it out
Ben Manevitz updates us on the Diane van Furstenburg “you stole my smock” litigation. Ben’s take: “As a litigator, I’m going to give everyone involved... Read more
Louis Louis
Steve Baird makes some great points about the Louis Vuittion / student activities flier kerfuffle: There has been quite a flap surrounding the poster and invitation used... Read more
Read Knockoff News 40
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Best of 2010: Trademarks, copyright, brand equity, and rent-seeking: Soapbox 2010
First posted on January 17, 2010. From last week’s INTA Trademark Topics email discussion list. One name has been changed to protect the innocent, and... Read more
The ethics of counterfeit goods
The Budget Fashionista wrestles with the issues, with the more than competent and ever-stylish help of Susan Scafaldi. (Yes, that’s two posts in a row.... Read more
The trendiest of trends
“Green trademarks” that is. Green-themed, green-related, green to go, green for action! Well, trends aren’t just for marketers — you can find them in the... Read more
Best of 2012: Cole Haan’s and the MTA’s subway trademark stories
First posted April 16, 2012. I’ve been following the IP obsession of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for a while now, including past efforts to... Read more
Likelihood of Confusion Not So Simple!
Likelihood of confusion isn’t quite so simple, judges and people! To wit: While a district court’s simultaneous comparison of two products is not an inappropriate... Read more
It’s Abboud time!
A year and a half ago I reported on designer Joseph Abboud’s attempt to sell his trademark “designer label” name to JA Apparel Corp., then count to... Read more
Mad Abboud you
Ouch! The Wall Street Journal reports: A federal judge ruled that menswear designer Joseph Abboud, who sold his trademark and later left the company that... Read more
Sole survivor
I have been remiss — among many other things I have been — for not reporting on the result in the Louboutin vs. YSL “red... Read more
To die for!
My own moments of snark notwithstanding–no, you don’t even get a link; if you missed it, then good–I am pleased to announce that the very... Read more