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Luxury and ESG: Navigating the New EU Legal Landscape in the Fashion and Luxury Goods Industry

White & Case LLP on 9/3/2024

Due to the increased importance of sustainability, environmental protection and social factors in recent years, the luxury industry has found itself at a crossroads of tradition and transformation. Once characterized...more

Should There Be a Right to Repair in Fashion? - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 27

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/3/2024

Product lifecycle is the common thread in emerging Right to Repair and fashion waste legislation - Whether consumers are looking at coffeemakers, smartphones, jeans or shoes, many are rejecting planned obsolescence — the...more

Freedom of Breach: EU Commission Finds Pierre Cardin and Ahlers Group in Violation of Antitrust Rules - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 26

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 10/16/2023

French fashion house Pierre Cardin (Cardin) and one of its oldest licensees, Ahlers Group (Ahlers), agreed to restrict cross-border sales and sales to specific customers. This is a clear breach of EU antitrust law, said the...more

Green Is the New Black: UK and EU entities are ramping up anti-greenwashing activity - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 25

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/11/2023

While climate change and sustainability are important across all parts of society, the UK government and European Commission (EC) are tackling these social issues head on, with a particular focus on the fashion and retail...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 25

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/5/2023

Welcome to the summer issue of Katten KattWalk! We have an issue chock full of developments and pressing issues for fashion and brands. Associate Cynthia Martens starts with a look at “superfakes” and how the rise in...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2023

K&L Gates LLP on 6/7/2023

ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - New Dawn Raids in the Luxury and Fashion Sector in the European Union - On 18 April 2023, the European Commission (Commission) conducted unannounced inspections (i.e., dawn raids) at the premises...more

US Leads the Global Crackdown on Forced Labor

ArentFox Schiff on 10/13/2022

The US and EU have ramped up their enforcement initiatives to eliminate forced labor in supply chains. Importers, particularly in the fashion, electronics, solar, and automotive industries, should review the updated DOL List...more

EU Commission Investigates Cartel Breach in Fashion Sector - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 24

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/29/2022

For once, it wasn't about Big Tech. The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, jolted the fashion sector to attention on May 17 with news of "unannounced inspections" at the premises of industry...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: February 2022

K&L Gates LLP on 3/28/2022

Commission Approves €900 Million German Scheme to Support Investments in Production of Green Hydrogen - The purpose of the scheme entitled “H2Global” is to advance the international market expansion of renewable hydrogen,...more

Flagrant Infringement of Unregistered Design Rights of Fashion Brand Penalized by UK High Court - Kattison Avenue/Katten Kattwalk...

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 2/2/2022

Both IP practitioners and fashion brands will be interested in the recent string of judgments in relation to the infringement of dresses designed and sold by House of CB and Mistress Rocks. Oh Polly brand was found to have...more

Proposed Legislation in New York Aims to Set New Standards for Worker Rights and Environmental Sustainability in Fashion Industry

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 2/1/2022

On January 7, New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi (D) and Assemblywoman Anna R. Kelles (D) introduced the Fashion Sustainability Act into the New York State Legislature. If passed and signed into law, the Act would...more

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Fashion Companies Need To Be Careful Making Sustainability and Green Claims Without Substantiation

ArentFox Schiff on 3/25/2021

In an attempt to align with their clients' values, fashion companies have tried to manufacture and produce clothing that is ethically made and sustainable. Both the US and the EU have started to monitor such claims and...more

When Trademarks Get Messi: Likelihood of Confusion and Leo Messi’s Big European Trademark Win

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/8/2020

On September 17, 2020, legendary footballer Leo Messi achieved an elusive goal that he had been pursuing for years. No, he did not finally win a World Cup championship for the Albiceleste. Rather, after a nearly decade-long...more

Fashion Law Update - October 2020 Edition

K&L Gates LLP on 10/19/2020

In this edition of Fashion Law, we have a huge selection of articles from around the world. Firstly, given the turmoil over the past year and how many brands have filed for insolvency or needed to restructure, we provide...more

35 million reasons to take privacy seriously: German data protection authority hits fashion store owner H&M with second-highest...

Spirit Legal on 10/5/2020

It was announced today that the Hamburg data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of a whopping €35,258,707.95 on the fashion retailer H&M Hennes & Mauritz Online Shop A.B. & Co. KG, which is based in Hamburg....more

Has Messi opened up a Pandora’s box before the European Courts?

Hogan Lovells on 9/29/2020

Messi is victorious not only on the football field, but also before the European Courts: the football player’s reputation creates a conceptual difference between MESSI and MASSI which counteracts the visual and phonetic...more

Financial Daily Dose 10.28.2019 | Top Story: The EU gives Britain flexible 3-month Brexit extension

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/28/2019

The EU has granted the UK another extension for the Brexit process, giving Britain until January 31 to leave (unless its Parliament passes a divorce deal sooner)....more

CJEU draws the (dotted) line on subject matter in figurative/position marks

Hogan Lovells on 6/14/2019

Judgment of 6 June 2019 in Case C-223/18 P Deichmann v EUIPO – Munich - The Court of Justice (CJEU) upholds the General Court (GC) finding that for a figurative mark featuring elements represented using dotted lines (in...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/22/2019

Facebook revealed yesterday that “millions of user account passwords had been stored insecurely, potentially allowing employees to gain access to people’s accounts without their knowledge.” The company said it “had found no...more

The Court Of Justice Of The European Union (CJEU) Rules That A Trademark For A Decorative Fabric Is Registrable And Enforceable

Ladas & Parry LLP on 3/15/2019

In Textilis v. Svenkst Tenn AB, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) held that the 2015 amendments to the trademark regulation (Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 207/2009), which limited the right for trademark protection...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/1/2019

As many expected, the US economy slowed in Q4 2018, growing at a 2.6% annual rate in the final three months of last year. That figure was better than some forecasters thought, but it still marks a “significant slowdown” from...more

Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - January 2019: Market infrastructure—deal-making bucking the doom and gloom of Brexit

White & Case LLP on 1/24/2019

Payments - Payment services M&A retains its spark on the financial services landscape. Overview - Competition for innovative technology is fierce. Financial sponsors, big banks and, of late, fashion moguls are driving...more

Europe: Well-Known Brand Owners Learn From Puma – Evaluate Your Reputation Right!

Hogan Lovells on 10/8/2018

(Judgment of 26 September 2018 in Case T-62/16 – Puma SE v. EUIPO / Doosan Machine Tools Co. Ltd) - In a case concerning completely dissimilar goods and different public, the General Court (GC) once again confirmed that...more

‘Polo’ wins enhanced distinctiveness”chukkers” to offset weak distinctive character

Hogan Lovells on 7/5/2018

In this EUTM case the General Court (GC) decided for The Polo/Lauren Company LP, concluding that alleged weak distinctive character of the earlier mark in regard to certain goods was amply compensated by the enhanced...more

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