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Fashion

As star marks abound, are they too ordin...

May 24, 2017

Q-&-A: Prof. Kane on fashion and co...

May 2, 2017

Justices zip up a fashion copyright case

Apr 4, 2017

Tierney v. Moschino

Feb 1, 2016

Behind a fun festival season, legal line...

Apr 12, 2017

As star marks abound, are they too ordinary?

by Richon M. Norris | May 24, 2017 | Fashion, Film, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Music, Performance, Television, Trademark | 0 |

With billions of dollars at stake, celebrities’ lawyers have been beating down the door at a...

Q-&-A: Prof. Kane on fashion and copyright

by Lauren A. McGee | May 2, 2017 | Copyright, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Q & A, Trademark | 1 |

With the U.S. Supreme Court recently deciding in the Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands case that...

Behind a fun festival season, legal lines in sand

by Lauren A. McGee | Apr 12, 2017 | Copyright, Events, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Performance, Procedural, Trademark | 0 |

For Coachella and other lucrative live music events, there’s no fiddling around in enforcing...

Justices zip up a fashion copyright case

by Lauren A. McGee | Apr 4, 2017 | Copyright, Fashion, Intellectual Property, Procedural | 0 |

High court, in novel 6-2 ruling, extends legal protection to stripes, chevrons, zig-zags that...

RIP, to a celebrated force in Entertainment Law

by Biederman Blog Editors | Apr 24, 2016 | Copyright, Fashion, Film, Licensing, Music, Talent Representation, Technology | 0 |

Let there be no doubt: the Purple Reign, which has ended tragically all too soon, affected Entertainment Law and many of its practitioners. Prince Rogers Nelson, 57, not only played the role of path-breaking artist, musician,...

Tierney v. Moschino

by Aris M. Shatteen | Feb 1, 2016 | Art Law, Copyright, Fashion | 0 |

The copyright infringement action by graffiti artist Joseph Tierney aka “Rime,” has...

A high legal kick for less than model conduct

by Brandon Prior | Jan 24, 2012 | Fashion, Trademark | 0 |

Ever since a most-likely-to-succeed aspirant named Paula Abdul thrust herself from leaping about courtside with the Los Angeles Laker Girls into a considerable entertainment career, sneers have abated about the talent on...

Twilight Fashion? Not so fast B.B. Dakota

by Sheba Sheikh | Nov 30, 2011 | Copyright, Fashion, Film, Trademark | 0 |

Summit Entertainment, creators of the Twilight movie series, has prevailed on its motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed in 2010 for copyright and trademark infringement, false designation of origin, trademark dilution...

Tiffany’s blue in clash over Louboutin’s red

by Sheba Sheikh | Oct 25, 2011 | Fashion, Trademark | 0 |

Tiffany’s, the top-end bangles-retailer, apparently feels blue enough to think out of and about its signature box and how it might be crushed in the trademark clash with Yves Saint Laurent over Christian Louboutin and his...

Fake Louis Vuitton items cost web host $10.8M

by Sheba Sheikh | Sep 21, 2011 | Fashion | 0 |

Legal teams for luxury brand goods have devoted much of their energy to fighting counterfeit goods, both in the brick-and-mortar world and in cyberspace. The internet has made this battle difficult as access to consumers has...

Why celebs, too, might see red beyond hip shoe

by Sheba Sheikh | Sep 8, 2011 | Fashion, Music, Trademark | 0 |

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero’s decision to deny Christian Louboutin’s injunction in Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent raises recurring issues regarding fashion’s place in U. S. intellectual property law. The recent decision...