TAG ARCHIVES: LOUIS VUITTON
China’s Luxury Obsession is the New Hinderance to Child Birth
299 days ago - Vanity CoutureChina’s one child policy is well known and widely criticised. I have a very close friend who once told me that her parents treated her badly because she is a girl and not a boy. Apparently they could not afford an abortion and was stuck with a daughter under the one child policy. She turned … Read More
Legal Wranglings in Fashion: Can’t We all Just Get Along?
332 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
Louis Vuitton and Hermes: The Only Luxe Brands on the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2012 List
360 days ago - The Fashion Lawyer, Vanity CoutureBrandz top 100 most valuable global brands 2012 is out and the only luxury brands on the list are LV and Hermes. Louis Vuitton is at number 21 with brand value of $25,920 million, and a brand contribution index of 5. Hermes made the list at number 32 with a brand value of $19,161 million, … Read More
Is Louis Vuitton the new Hello Kitty? LV to go into Stationery
370 days ago - Vanity CoutureEvery fashionista’s dream is about to come true. Here in Asia, LV is the preferred brand for many. There are so many knock-offs that it is not surprising that the brand has decided to venture into stationery. You will recall my post on Newera Enterprises in China, where they registered the LV trademark for pots … Read More
Hermes and Louis Vuitton Fight Counterfeiters and Win
382 days ago - The Fashion LawyerYou should know the difference between counterfeit goods and knock-offs. Though we like to use the two the terms interchangeably, they really mean different things. Knock-offs are goods produced to look like something, for example, a lot of designers make “inspired” copies of popular expensive brands. The labels, tags and so on bear the name … Read More
China IP Conundrum Continues: Louis Vuitton v Newera Enterprises Company Limited
401 days ago - Featured, The Fashion LawyerIntellectual property issues in China have made headline numerous times this year. Popular brands such as Apple, Michael Jordan and Hermes (to name a few) have experienced just how interesting enforcing trademarks in China can be. Louis Vuitton is now having a hard time with intellectual property infringement in China. LVMH is the well known trademark of the … Read More
Trademark bullying: Can Lady Gaga fix this too?
440 days ago - Featured, The Fashion LawyerOver the past years, there has been a push to create awareness about bullying in the workplace, school and online (cyber-bullying). Lady Gaga recently launched her anti-bullying foundation at Harvard, the Born This Way Foundation. Lady Gaga’s foundation is commendable and the launch this week at Harvard got to me think about trademark bullying. A … Read More
Louis Vuitton’s Island Maison in Southeast Asia
475 days ago - Featured, Vanity CoutureFashionistas, of course I could not leave Singapore and not visit the LV store. It really is a sight to behold and even though I am not a cult lover of LV goods, I must confess that the store is just divine, every fashionistas dream. The biggest LV store in Singapore used to be at … Read More