Commented on “The Trademark Blog” — Polo v. Polo
Marty Schwimmer (via @trademarkblog) updates us on the latest, and floats a novel idea of his own for getting in on the action, in the... Read more
Category: Fashion Law
Not all ISP’s are created equal
@EricGoldman: Web host Akanoc hit with $32M contributory TM judgment for customers’ counterfeiting http://bit.ly/3BR6ZW Whoa. More to come … Louis Vuitton v. Akanoc jury verdict... Read more
Best of 2010: How Supreme Skateboard plays the edge
First posted on June 1, 2010. The new Case Clothesed blog out of New York Law School has a very interesting, if lightly sourced, piece about... Read more
New fashion IP bill: Put it on HER tab!
But which “her”? Two fashion blogs I know on two different coasts express two very different views about this… new fashion law bill thing. I’m... Read more
Foul ball?
Louis Vuitton Malletier and its lawyers demonstrate how to make sure a few seconds of what they say is trademark dilution get a lot less... Read more
So shoe me!
Staci Riordan reports on the big shoe-vs.-shoe design lawsuit everyone’s talking about — invoking copyright plus one Lanham Act and two New York law varieties of... Read more
Tank you very much
Ryan Gile reports that Cartier is upping the ante on its efforts to assert its IP rights in the “Tank watch,” shown below, and has... Read more
Vuitton beats Google on home court
The International Herald Tribune reports: Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods manufacturer, won another round Wednesday in its court battle with the search engine Google to... Read more
Luxury IP’s dilemma
A new website called “BP Council” (a brand protection thing) asks, “Can Luxury Brands Counterfeiting Really Be Stopped“? [I]n their report, “The Piracy Paradox,” legal... Read more
Mock smocks spur suit
The New York Post reports that Diane von Furstenberg is suing over knockoffs of her designer smock dress things: The famed designer thinks cheapie-fashion store... Read more
If the Mark FITs
Wear it. Read more