CATEGORY ARCHIVES: THE FASHION LAWYER
North Korea Relaxes Fashion Rules: Why We Should Celebrate
320 days ago - The Fashion LawyerNorth Korea’s new leader Kim Jong Un has apparently relaxed the strict rules of fashion, allowing women to wear pants (trousers), platform shoes and earrings. These are simple things that we often take for granted. The importance of trousers to women I try not to take for granted that I can wear trousers whenever I … Read More
China Named as Emerging Retail Market
321 days ago - Fashion Incubator, The Fashion LawyerA.T. Kearney’s Global Consumer Institute recently released the 2012 Retail e-Commerce Index, which ranks the top 10 countries based on their retail e-commerce potential. The Retail e-Commerce Index analyzes 18 infrastructure, regulatory and retail-specific variables to help retailers devise successful global e-commerce strategies and identify emerging market investment opportunities. The higher the ranking, the more potential … Read More
The Skinny Lowdown: Body Image in the Fashion Industry
332 days ago - The Fashion LawyerI have written about body image issues and the fashion industry before. Some people believe that fashion has nothing to do with the negative body images people have of themselves. Young girls in particular are very much affected by the images the fashion industry portrays. Studies have been carried out on this. The movement against … Read More
Legal Wranglings in Fashion: Can’t We all Just Get Along?
333 days ago - The Fashion LawyerOver the last couple weeks there have been a few fashion law developments. In this exciting profession, money woes and litigation never end, for some reason. We simply can’t seem to all get along! LV v Warner Bros Louis Vuitton recently lost its case against Warner Bros for the use of a fake LV in … Read More
Fashion Lawyer 101: Kick Your Heels Up!
336 days ago - The Fashion LawyerIt has been a long, tiring and frustrating couple of months. So much to do, sometimes I feel like I am a headless chicken, running around the place. I know, not a pretty sight. Lawyers love to work, be busy, meet targets, and assist their clients. Yes, you do- that’s why you became a lawyer. … Read More
Rise of the Black Market: 112 Gripes About the French
336 days ago - The Fashion LawyerI stumbled upon a book entitled:
How to Grow your Brand: Fashion Licensing
340 days ago - The Fashion LawyerMore than $190 billion annually is made from licensed goods, and fashion accounts for 25% of that number. Licensing is very important in fashion. Today, 14 June, is the final day of the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, USA. The expo sought to create a fertile atmosphere for brands to meet business partners and ultimately enter … Read More
Christian Louboutin’s Never Ending Quest to Protect the Red Sole: CL v Zara
342 days ago - The Fashion LawyerChristian Louboutin’s (CL) red sole is visible on the feet of most women. You can spot them a mile away, which adds to their allure. Red according to CL is the colour of love. This colour he has been trying to protect for a while now in the case: CL v YSL, where the two … Read More
A Fur Free Fashion Week in Amsterdam?
346 days ago - The Fashion LawyerThe Dutch fashion industry would like the runways to be fur free. A campaign led by animal-welfare group Bont voor Dieren, Fur Free Fashion and designer Michael Bernaart van Bergen seeks to ensure support for sustainability in fashion. Over 100 hundred industry insiders signed an open letter calling for a ban on animal pelts at … Read More
Intellectual Property Developments in Asia: Korea
347 days ago - Featured, The Fashion LawyerThe Korea-US Free Trade Agreement was recently ratified by both countries. Following this, the Korean government amended the Korean Patent Act. Patent Term Adjustment The amended Korean Patent Act allows a patent term to be extended to compensate for unreasonable delays during the prosecution of a patent, where the delay is caused by the Korean … Read More