Fashion is everywhere you look. In the US, the fashion industry’s annual sales are higher than those of books, movies and music combined. Everyone wears clothes, whether for necessity, the…
Tag: Amanda Branch (IPilogue Editor)
Emily the Strange, or Emily the Plagiarized?
For nearly two decades, Rob Reger and his company Cosmic Debris have spent millions of dollars developing the fictional character “Emily the Strange” as a gothic rebel who finds nothing…
Does Fashion Need Copyright Protection?
This is the issue currently being considered in the US Congress through an attempt to introduce the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (Act). The Act was initially presented in 2006, but…
OBA Conference: "Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context"
On May 4th, the Ontario Bar Association presented “Intellectual Property Issues in a Non-IP Context”. This conference brought together professionals from several practice areas, such as criminal law, insurance law…