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Combating Copycats: How to Protect Your Designs

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Constantly combating copycats? Join Fleur du Mal founder Jennifer Zuccarini and Professor Susan Scafidi, founder of the Fashion Law Institute, for an update on the latest in intellectual property protection strategies -- and a conversation about the future of copyrights, trademarks, patents, and the fashion industry. If you have individual questions and would like to schedule a free consultation through the Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up Clinic, please indicate your request below. This event is limited to fashion design professionals and design students only and is not open to attorneys, media, or the general public.

DATE: Thursday, November 7, 2019
TIME: 6:00-7:00pm
PLACE: Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023

Protected: Ethics CLE – CLE Material

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Event announcement - Gig Reflex: Will Fashion Find New Independent Contractor Laws Hard to Swallow? (Graphic: nauseated face emoji)

Are independent contractors the new sweatshop workers? California’s new legislation implies just that, and while it’s aimed at reclassifying Uber and Lyft drivers, it will also have an impact on the fashion industry — not just on the West Coast but across the country. In this edition of our annual ethics CLE program, we will explain how employee and independent contractor standards are evolving, as well as what this means for fashion and the ethical practice of law. Key issues include the following:

How is the law of independent contractor and employee status changing? What will these changes mean for the fashion industry?
To what extent can New York attorneys advise clients facing employment classification issues in other states?
Should legal ethics rules on state bar membership change to reflect today’s interstate economy?
And as legislators and regulators across the country follow California in condemning independent contractor status as a form of exploitation, how should attorneys design contracts to address this ethical concern?

DATE: Thursday, October 10, 2019
TIME: 6:30 - 7:45pm (reception 6:00pm)
PLACE: Bateman Room, 2nd Floor, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours (1.0 hours ethics; 0.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional)

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Elisheva Hirshman, PVH Corp.
Joey Hunter, Fashion and Talent Industry Consultant
Karyn D. Jefferson, Benjamin Moore & Co.
Rebecca Nathanson, NYS Department of Labor

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Event: Retail Survival in Turbulent Times

Fashion's 9 Lives: Retail Survival in Turbulent Times event - September 6, 2019 from 9:30-10:45am - cat with tail in shape of a 9 - 9th anniversary event!

At a time when high-profile bankruptcies, international protests, and tariff wars are disrupting the retail environment, how can the fashion industry land on its feet? What are the best strategies for dealing with our uncertain economic future? Are there steps brands can take to keep tariffs and turmoil from cutting into fashion’s crucial 4th quarter retail sales? How can vendors protect themselves before a store goes bankrupt, and what should they do after a bankruptcy petition is filed? Join our panel of experts as they discuss these questions and more at our 9th anniversary New York Fashion Week event, “Fashion's 9 Lives: Retail Survival in Turbulent Times.”

DATE: Friday, September 6, 2019
TIME: 9:30 - 10:45am (breakfast 9:00am)
PLACE: Bateman Room, 2nd Floor, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd Street
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Danica Chin, Tiffany & Co.
Anna Fan, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Jon Gold, National Retail Federation
Charles Miller, Macy's
Jeff Trexler, Moda Legal
Gary Wassner, Hilldun

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Immoral Trademarks Ban is FUCT

In a ruling that was not at all a surprise given its earlier decision allowing the registration offensive marks, the Supreme Court has found that the longstanding prohibition on registering immoral and scandalous trademarks violates the First Amendment. The victory by fashion brand FUCT success is a sign of streetwear’s rapidly growing cultural influence. Not long ago, streetwear synonymous with ASBOs (UK – anti-social behavior orders), danger, and illegality in racially charged trope. Now, street fashion is restyling the law.