From trademarking your logo to potentially patenting your items (a newer – yet narrowly used – method of protecting your unique fashion designs), there are various ways that start-ups and…
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Virgil Abloh’s “Trademark”
Virgil Abloh, the Creative Director of fashion house Off-White and currently one of the biggest designers in the fashion industry, may have some important legal decisions to make in the…
The Imminent Problem of Counterfeit Sports Merchandise
Counterfeit products are a growing issue and have resulted in an annual estimated loss of $20-30 billion in tax revenue for Canada over the past few years. In particular, the…
Fashionable Rip-Offs: Independent Artists Accuse Fashion Giant Zara of Copying Their Work
A lot of fashion seems to look the same; such is the nature of trends and functionality. Sometimes the similarities go much further. Fashion behemoth Zara (among others) is no…
Ain't No Laurent Without Some Irony: Hedi Slimane and the Rise of Parody Fashion
Some may say that there is no Laurent without Yves, but Hedi Slimane is definitely not one of them. Luxury Goods International (LGI), the owner of Saint Laurent Paris’ trademarks,…
Trade Dress: Redress for Handbag Theft (of the Non-Mugging Variety)
Knockoffs run rampant in the retail and fashion industries. For those of us that are fashion-forward but not looking to incur debilitating debt, we resign ourselves to settling for the…