by Adam Longman | Apr 13, 2016 | Copyright, Fashion Law
Among the more problematic lingering questions of copyright law that has divided circuit courts and resulted in different tests is the issue of “separability.”[1] Now, it could be a suit over cheerleading uniforms that finally brings this question before the nation’s...
by jburns | Mar 26, 2016 | Fashion Law, Trademark Law
The best way to get noticed on social media is by using a hashtag. A hashtag, or the pound sign (#), turns any words behind the symbol into a searchable link on social media platforms to organize content based on the key words. Whether on Instagram, Twitter,...
by jburns | Feb 22, 2016 | Fashion Law, Trademark Law
Back in October 2011, A Native American woman named Sarah Houston Brown confronted the CEO of Urban Outfitters regarding their use of the word “Navajo” in a myriad of the company’s products, finding them “beyond demeaning and inappropriate on a personal and collective...
by jburns | Feb 11, 2016 | Fashion Law
Notoriously known for its counterfeit industry, China has received wide criticism for its markets of dangerously fake products including food, auto parts and pharmaceuticals.[i] The country’s struggle with this issue was further plagued by recent...
by jburns | Nov 16, 2015 | Art Law, Copyright, Fashion Law
Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat are artists, whose names are creeping out from the underground world of urban street art, passing through the fine art world and entering mainstream culture and its marketplace. An aesthetic that, at one...
by jburns | Sep 21, 2015 | Fashion Law, Internships, Trademark Law
There are certain words that elicit a common image amongst people despite cultural and geographical bounds. One of these paradigms holds that when the words “infringer” and “counterfeiter” are used, the image of a suspicious character standing beside a table of...
