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Fashion Law

Fashion. Law. Realness. Me!

Ron Coleman Apr 8, 2019 0 Comments

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

Trade dress

LVL XIII v. Louis Vuitton – Appeal brief

Ron Coleman Mar 2, 2017 0 Comments

If you depend on “fashion law blogs,” you might be surprised by what’s in this brief:

Fashion Law

Fashion Law in New York City – February 10, 2017

Ron Coleman Jan 12, 2017 0 Comments

I’ll be participating in the 2017 Federal Bar Association Fashion Law Seminar in New York on February 10th at the New School. My panel will surely rock: Litigating a Brand:…

Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)

Ron Coleman Dec 21, 2016 0 Comments

First posted on May 6, 2016. Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry…

Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure

Ron Coleman May 6, 2016 0 Comments

Interesting. This, from the mysterious Julie Zerbo at her iconoclastic blog, The Fashion Law: The newest group of potential outlaws in the fashion industry is not made up of tax…

Anti-SLAPP

More of the same, but with sanctions

Ron Coleman Mar 4, 2015 0 Comments

This morning something — call it intuition; call it server logs — made me go back and look at what was going in with a case I blogged about in…

Counterfeiting & Piracy

What the –? (ABC v. DEF.)

Matthew David Brozik Apr 5, 2013 0 Comments

Here’s what we knew, and when we knew it: On March 19, 2013, a federal lawsuit was commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New…

Likelihood of Confusion

What a Croc!

Ron Coleman Nov 22, 2009 6 Comments

I don’t report on every dumb trademark lawsuit, because the really goofy ones involving famous companies usually end up getting mainstream press and big-time blog attention as well as other…

Parody and Satire

Ruff times for Vuitton

Ron Coleman Nov 27, 2007 0 Comments

IP Law Chat reports that LVMH has lost its appeal (decision here) of the “Chewy Vuitton” decision. Here’s an interesting sidelight, and one that may have reverberations beyond this case:…

Roundups

Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 67

Ron Coleman Aug 21, 2007 0 Comments

Read it and laugh. Or cry. Definitely laugh or cry. Then read this really good article on Counterfeit Chic which stands for the proposition that designers shouldn’t use their own…

Parody and Satire Secondary Meaning

Can’t win for chewing

Ron Coleman Nov 30, 2006 1 Comments

Louis Vuitton Malletier loses one on parody grounds. I guess you had to be there — sounds like this is on the wrong side of parody to me. And how…

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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