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
Tag: Fashion IP
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
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
Luxury goods rental
“Bag Borrow or Steal™ – Borrow or Rent the Latest Authentic Designer Handbags Purses Jewelry and Accessories.” You know they — the Big IP guys... Read more
Best of 2008: Someone dropped in an extra zero, right? RIGHT?
Posted on October 16, 2008. It’s a month-old story, and how it got past us here notwithstanding, it’s not getting past us now. Per the... Read more
… and Europe Strikes Back: Google Loss Upheld by French Court
A friend painfully close to the case forwarded this link reporting that Google has lost its appeal of a judgment for “trademark counterfeiting” against the... Read more
The skinny on fair use
How much dumb can possibly be fit into a size two? Walter Olson rounds it up: Ralph Lauren lawyers: don’t you dare reproduce our skinny-model... Read more
Best of 2010: Gucci v. Frontline Processing: Giving credit for infringement where it’s due
First posted July 12, 2010. [stextbox id=”info”]This is an adaptation of a summary and analysis of the recent decision in Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline... Read more
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
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
From Russia, without royalties
The Kalashnikov rifle: Naked trademark licensing (“I take them into my hands and, my goodness, the marks are foreign,” [General Kalashnikov] said of the knockoffs... Read more
Foul ball?
[stextbox id=”alert”] UPDATE: Per Marty Schwimmer: Hyundai ran a commercial with humorous depictions of what it would be like if luxury items were widely available.... 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