What are the most faked brands online today?
Counterfeit products are everywhere. According to the US National Crime Prevention Council, it is now an industry that boasts an annual turnover of $2 trillion.
We look at fashion brands responding to the global sustainability crisis by using innovative processes to create sustainable fashion and textiles.
In the most recent public crackdown on ‘healthwashing’ The Danish Food and Drug Administration has announced they are about to actively investigate certain companies’ claims that their nutritional supplements can cure diseases, relieve pain, or deliver any other health benefit.
The EU Parliament has voted on new legislature that could significantly shake up the patentability and commercialisation of gene-edited plants in Europe.
Counterfeit products are everywhere. According to the US National Crime Prevention Council, it is now an industry that boasts an annual turnover of $2 trillion.
Luxury brands such as Burberry, Louis Vuitton, and Prada feature signature patterns on their luggage, accessories, and clothing. Despite their iconic status, trade mark registration for these patterns has proven challenging.
In this article we explore the various forms of IP relevant to the fashion industry and why this is important for brands.
In this four-part Sustainability Series, we explore what the EU and fashion brands are doing to address sustainability, including through strategies and utilising innovative fabrics and manufacturing processes.
We look at fashion brands responding to the global sustainability crisis by using innovative processes to create sustainable fashion and textiles.
From health-enhancing yarn-thread technology providing health metrics when worn, to spray-on garments and 3D-printed clothing, it is crucial for fashion brands to protect their wearable innovations. So where does IP come into play?
Early on the morning of Thursday 1 February TikTok started to remove the back catalogues of Universal Music Group (UMG) artists from the platform.
What are fashion brands doing to pave the way for a more sustainable future?
From gold-soled heels to parallel varsity stripes and horse-and-rider polo motifs, what can brands learn about protecting their marks in seemingly saturated markets?
Once designated the ultimate go-to shoe for middle-aged dads in the US, the New Balance “dad shoe” is now a global phenomenon which has helped catapult New Balance in to a $5 billion business.
Last year Elon Musk acquired Twitter. The social media platform has undergone a series of changes but the major one must be its rebranding to X.
You will have done well to miss the news that Twitter has shed its old skin and emerged from the social media cocoon with a new identity as "X".
Google and Universal Music are, according to the Financial Times, in negotiations which may lead to the development of a platform whose users can create AI-generated music under licence, allowing them to utilise the voices and (for want of a better term) "style" of Universal artists.
From the battlefield to “Y2K”, and now the S/S’23 runway, “cargo trousers”, or “cargo pants”, have been a British clothing staple for more than 80 years.
Today every business is a digital business. If you don’t believe me, think about the following scenarios:
In a current US copyright infringement case, the defendants, Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen argue that there is no copyright in the well-known bored ape images traded as NFTs by Yuga Labs, Inc. because they were generated by an automated computer algorithm.
Yesterday, French luxury fashion house Hermès won a landmark trial in the US which determined that the “MetaBirkin” NFTs infringe Hermès’ trade marks relating to its iconic Birkin bag. This is the first significant intellectual property judgment relating to NFTs, and brand owners will be delighted that it has gone their way.
The early 21st century saw the seemingly inexorable rise of both online retail and fast fashion. Yet, recent years, as the climate crisis has deepened, have seen a challenge to this approach as consumers, retailers and fashion houses seek to put green credentials and sustainability at the forefront of their respective priorities.
The hotly anticipated THE DAY BEFORE from game developer Fntastic has encountered a block to its own application to register the trade mark in the USA.
A pivotal IP trial has just begun in the US concerning IP rights in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) related to French fashion house Hermès’ iconic Birkin bag.
Getty Images has announced that it has commenced litigation in England and Wales against Stability AI, one of the entities behind Stable Diffusion, a well-known text-to-image AI model.
Changes to the D&D OGL (Open Gaming Licence) are set to rock the foundation of the TTRGP industry. What is the OGL and why are these changes causing a bigger riot than a rampaging tarrasque?
Trade marks are like other intellectual property assets: they bring undisputed value to a business’ success. Celebrities, and the businesses behind them, are no different.
In a recent judgement, a UK court has decided for the first time that a sufficiently detailed and fully rounded fictional character can be the subject of copyright protection.