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Eponymous Lex: Legal Risks of Designer Names
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Naming a brand after oneself is a longstanding tradition in the fashion world, but as a number of designers have learned this can be a risky enterprise. Professor Scafidi explains in this article on Quartz:
“Once your name is a corporate asset, then investors are going to want a piece of that corporate asset—or full ownership of that corporate asset—which is great as long as you and your investors are getting along,” Scafidi says. “But typically there will be some point at which you, the designer, and your investors part company, and that leaves you walking nameless into the night.”
For more on this issue, including the story behind Joseph Abboud’s quest to regain the right to use his own name, check out the whole article here.
Is Social Media the New Court of Law for Fashion Copycats?
MarketWatch
“Most of the time, however, indie designers have little legal protection and instead have to appeal to social norms against copying,” said Fordham University law professor and fashion legal expert Susan Scafidi. “In other words, they have to try the case in the court of public opinion and hope that social pressure forces the alleged copyist to do the right thing.”
7 Signs You Are Buying A Counterfeit Product
Kiplinger’s
Professor Scafidi joins Real Real authentication director (and Fashion Law Bootcamp alum!) Graham Wetzbarger in discussing how to identify fake fashion.
As sophisticated as counterfeiters may be in replicating high-demand products, there’s usually at least one giveaway if you look closely enough. Anything that looks sloppy, such as uneven stitching or sloppy edge dye, is a telltale sign of a fake, Scafidi says. Counterfeit products are designed to fool the eye — not the fingertips … .
Protected: War Paint Readings
War Paint
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Based on the story of the rivalry between cosmetics pioneers Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden, War Paint just might be the first musical ever to explore the history of beauty industry industry regulation though songs about Senate hearings, rights of publicity, and trademarks in colors. Join us for a musical matinee and exclusive after-show CLE talkback with legal experts and members of the production!
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Post #3617
Fashion Law Bootcamp Remainder – New York and Silicon Valley
Symposium Round-ups
At the Fashion Law Institute’s 7th Annual Symposium, speakers highlighted an array of cutting-edge developments that could have a substantial impact on the fashion economy in the U.S. and abroad. To address these issues Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney discussed the state of the American fashion sector and called for a comprehensive new lobbying effort, bringing Washington and the fashion world together to design laws best suited to helping the American fashion industry survive and advance.
For more, check out this WWD account of Congresswoman Maloney’s proposal and the symposium rundown in Look Online: Daily Fashion Report, which also provides a summary of each of the day’s panels.
And vsit the Fashion Law Institute’s Facebook page for a complete set of photos taken throughout the event!
Fashion and Government Need Closer Ties, Maloney Says
WWD
WWD reports on Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney’s call for a new dedicated fashion industry lobby to address the cutting-edge issues raised at the Fashion Law Institute’s 7th Annual Symposium, Fashion Revolutions:
Maloney’s solution: an official fashion industry lobby.
“You’ve got to start an organization that represents all of you and that represents your interests because you’re artists, you’re working all the time, you don’t have time to go to Washington D.C. and tell us,” Maloney said.
Without a lobby and a consensus on some core priorities, Maloney said the fashion industry faces an uphill battle, including with the Garment District rezoning.
“If you don’t become [a lobby] and fight for it, you’re fighting against real estate companies that have billions and billions of dollars and you’re going to lose.”