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Fashion Law Update – February 2025

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In this edition of Fashion Law, we have compiled thought leadership published on our blogs and website throughout 2024—providing an overview of significant legal and regulatory updates in the fashion industry over the past...more

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Federal Circuit Alters Landscape for Design Patent Litigation

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White & Case Technology Newsflash - Intellectual property litigants may be increasingly addressing design patents. Design patent litigation may be getting lengthier, and this may result in the filing of more design patent...more

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“Sleevey Wonders” are “Arm Tight” in California Lawsuit

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The women’s hosiery powerhouse, Spanx, is being sued for allegedly copying designs of a small shapewear company (R and A Synergy, LLC, v. Spanx, Inc., (C.D. Cal. 2017)). In the Complaint filed on December 21, 2017 in the...more

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How Does the Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on Incontinence Products Spill Over into Fashion?

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On March 21, 2017 the Supreme Court issued a monumental holding removing the availability of laches as a defense in a claim for damages under patent infringement. The case changes decades of legal precedent, and adopts...more

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“GIVE ME A … ©?” – Cheerleading Uniforms, Fashion Design and Copyright Law

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The old adage may hold that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but fashion designers are understandably dismayed when perfect replicas of their creative apparel are sold at deep discounts to lower-end markets soon...more

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