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Tag: Fashion IP

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 Copyright Law

Goodbye, dolly

Pamela Chestek reports on the dizzying fallout of the Bratz litigation. Originally posted 2012-12-27 15:00:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter 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 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 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

Posted on October 22, 2018 Copyright Law

A beauty, a doll

The WSJ Law Blog reports: A federal jury in Riverside, Calif., determined Thursday that MGA Entertainment’s hugely popular Bratz dolls (pictured left) were designed while... Read more

Posted on November 28, 2017 Fashion Law

An emphatic NO!

Chatty Kathy: German designer Wolfgang Joop’s bid to have a punctuation mark trademarked [sic] for his Joop! clothing and perfume company has been denied by... Read more

Posted on February 8, 2017February 27, 2017 Brand Management and Branding Copyright Law

Bratz, foiled again!

First, December’s 15, 2009’s story: Remember the Bratz dolls case, and the phenomenal legal fees application that followed? It’s back!   The Ninth Circuit Court... Read more

Posted on December 26, 2016December 28, 2016 Fashion Law

Knock, knock!

Knock, knock! Who’s there! Your knockoff! I knockoff who? You knockoff yourself! No, don’t worry — it’s not so bad that LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® is... Read more

Posted on June 20, 2016July 10, 2016 Fashion Law

Fashionably litigious

Miss Trials is was a new blog, or sub-blog or something (I can’t make heads or tails of the navigation) on a site called Halogen Life.... Read more

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