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Posted on February 20, 2020February 26, 2020 Fashion Law

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

Posted on November 3, 2019 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

Posted on October 30, 2019 Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on October 17, 2019 Fashion Law

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

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Posted on October 17, 2019 Fashion Law

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

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Posted on October 17, 2019 Costumes and Clothing Fashion Law

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

Posted on September 20, 2019 Counterfeiting & Piracy Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on September 20, 2019 Fashion Law Priority of Use and Trademarks

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

Posted on September 18, 2019 Fashion Law

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

Posted on June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Fashion Law

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

Posted on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 Fashion Law

Fashion. Law. Realness. Me!

Will there be beautiful people? Please, darling! It's the Fashion Law Institute! Read more

Posted on March 26, 2019 Fashion Law

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

Posted on November 15, 2018 Brand Management and Branding Fashion Law Trademarks and trademark law

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

Posted on October 22, 2018 Fashion Law IP Institutions Politics

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

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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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