Sometimes IP law is imperfect for protecting fashion design. The law is dynamic and needs to change as society changes. A pinch and a tuck is exactly ...
Customer Lists – Are They Trade Secrets?
Many confidentiality agreements will contain language about customer lists being confidential information. Others will contain broad language about ev...
A Low-Cost Trademark Search Would Have Saved Tens of Thousands in Legal Fees
Longhorn Steakhouse successfully sued Longhorn Wings for trademark infringement. It is hard to understand how the case got so far. First, a trademark ...
Juicy Couture vs. Juicy Girl
A New York federal court used the U.S. trademark law to stop an overseas infringer of the Juicy Couture mark from selling its allegedly infringing clo...
Tommy Lee in a Motley Mess
A trade secret misappropriation lawsuit was filed against rock star drummer Tommy Lee and his band Motley Crue. Howard King claims that in 1991 he dev...
Pizza Franchise Sues Former Franchisee Over Trade Secret
After 20 years of operating a Little Caesars franchise, Sioux Falls Pizza Company, Inc. (“SFPC”) established its own pizza company at the ...
Product Placement
Most of us are aware of an industry called “product placement” where companies pay to get their product featured in a hit movie or television show...
Buy All of It, Up Front
Just because you hire and pay someone to write something for you (promotional and marketing materials, a software code or newsletter and blog content)...
Competing with overseas manufacturers in the fashion industry
The California Attorney General is aiding the efforts of U.S. fashion designers to fairly compete with overseas clothing manufacturers in China and In...
Fashion design patents are in vogue again
Clothing is often purchased just because of its unique design and look. Designers find new combinations of clothing elements each season, doing someth...