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Tag: Fashion Law

Posted on May 3, 2022 Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure (Best of 2016)

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... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Likelihood of Confusion

What a Croc!

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... Read more

Posted on June 2, 2021 Trade dress

LVL XIII v. Louis Vuitton – Appeal brief

If you depend on “fashion law blogs,” you might be surprised by what’s in this brief: Originally posted 2017-03-02 23:45:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more

Posted on March 17, 2021 Roundups

Counterfeit Chic: Knockoff News 67

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... Read more

Posted on November 1, 2019 Parody and Satire Secondary Meaning

Can’t win for chewing

Louis Vuitton Malletier loses one on parody grounds. I guess you had to be there — sounds like this is on the wrong side of... 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 September 25, 2017January 29, 2020 Disclosure

Clothiers and disclosure

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... Read more

Posted on January 12, 2017February 26, 2017 Fashion Law

Fashion Law in New York City – February 10, 2017

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... Read more

Posted on August 30, 2016October 19, 2016 Counterfeiting & Piracy

What the –? (ABC v. DEF.)

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... Read more

Chewy Vuitton
Posted on July 8, 2015December 18, 2016 Parody and Satire

Ruff times for Vuitton

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... Read more

Posted on March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 Anti-SLAPP

More of the same, but with sanctions

This morning something — call it intuition; call it server logs — made me go back and look at what was going in with a... 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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