Introduction Fashion Designers have long been at odds with U.S. Lawmakers in regards to the protections given to their designs.[1] This tension is rising to a head now that a writ for certiorari has been granted in part in the…
Kylie Jenner (pictured above, left), has found herself in a bit of a legal scrape having nothing to do with the actions of her infamous family. Jenner, the youngest of the Keeping Up with the Kardashians clan, has, until this…
Merely a few weeks ago we discussed a trademark infringement suit initiated by Adidas against Forever 21. Forever 21 had allegedly copied Adidas’s famous three-stripe trademark. The infamous fast fashion company is now in trouble with a brand that many…
Adidas recently filed a lawsuit against Forever 21, Inc. and Central Mills, Inc., in which Adidas claims that Forever 21 and Central Mills allegedly infringed Adidas’s famous three-stripe trademark. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Portland, Oregon,…
Francesca Montalvo is an Associate at the IP law firm of Ladas & Parry. She was editor-in-chief of Volume 32 of the Cardozo Arts and Entertainment Law Journal. In the year 2012 alone, the U.S. fashion industry generated over $330 billion…
Author: Gwendolen Akard, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Class of 2015; AELJ Volume 32 Staff Editor The future of fashion patents is always changing and evolving. On February 7th, some of the industry’s key players discussed hot topics in…
Author: David Bonilla, J.D Candidate, Class of 2014, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Counterfeiters continue to find creative and inventive ways to knock off goods and place those knockoffs in the marketplace. One need only take a brisk walk through Times…
