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
Category: Fashion Law
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
Couture in Court
Fabulous filings for fashionistas — and those who just want to look like them! Originally posted 2012-02-29 23:27:24. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge
The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about how Supreme Skateboard has managed for... Read more
Mark-o! Polo!
Looks like somebody’s going to be ponying up: here’s the latest in the saga between the (old) rich (the U.S. Polo Assocation) and the (new) preposterously rich... Read more
IDPPPA ok?
That’s the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, back up for another shot at the big leagues. We need more laws right? And just... Read more
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... Read more
Fashion. Law. Realness. Me!
Will there be beautiful people? Please, darling! It's the Fashion Law Institute! Read more
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... Read more
Best of 2010: Foul ball?
First published on March 2, 2010. Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure a few seconds of what they say is... Read more
COICA: Big IP supersizes it
Everything I’ve written about here for the last five years, or just about everything, is about to get a lot worse, explains David Post: Congress... Read more