"Hermès Prevails in Trademark Trial Over MetaBirkins NFTs" via @tfl: https://www.thefashionlaw.com/hermes-prevails-in-trademark-trial-over-metabirkins-nfts/ #FashionLaw #MetaBirkins

Did you know The Fashion Law is now in the fediverse?

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#FollowFriday #FashionLaw #LawFedi #LawStudents #LawProfs

"While Thom Browne commonly features four horizontal stripes on its apparel, [Adidas' counsel] said the difference in the number of stripes doesn't matter..."

Nice overview of the Adidas versus Thom Browne trial: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1562105?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7ac&

Adidas seriously seems to think it owns the concept of stripes on clothing. And trademark law lets it try all of these claims (which vary quite a bit in strength, IMHO).

This is another reason we should #AbolishTradeDress

#TradeDress #FashionLaw #Litigation

"While Thom Browne commonly features four horizontal stripes on its apparel, [Adidas' counsel] said the difference in the number of stripes doesn't matter..."

Nice overview of the Adidas versus Thom Browne trial: https://www.law360.com/ip/articles/1562105?nl_pk=fd062d42-234e-4b6a-b9b5-4052fd7ef7ac&

Adidas seriously seems to think it owns the concept of stripes on clothing. And trademark law lets it try all of these claims (which vary quite a bit in strength, IMHO).

This is another reason we should #AbolishTradeDress

#TradeDress #FashionLaw #Litigation

Yes, design patents are available for fashion.

They always have been.

Here are just a few examples: https://designpatentlookbook.tumblr.com/

Yeah, yeah, I know what those articles say. But read this first: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4001099

#DesignPatents #FashionLaw

Yes, design patents are available for fashion.

They always have been.

Here are just a few examples: https://designpatentlookbook.tumblr.com/

Yeah, yeah, I know what those articles say. But read this first: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4001099

#DesignPatents #FashionLaw

Issued this week to Hermès—D972,293, for a design for a “Bag”: https://designpatentlookbook.tumblr.com/post/703635577291063296/issued-this-week-to-herm%C3%A8sd972293-for-a-design #DesignPatents #NewDesignPatents #FashionLaw

It's worth noting that the patents here were utility patents, not design patents.

I hope someday courts take the public-domain-robbing issue as seriously with visual inventions as they do with useful inventions.

#Trademarks #TradeDress #Litigation #Functionality #FashionLaw

As summarized by John Welch on his TTABlog:

"TBL's secondary meaning survey evidence was seriously flawed: first, the stimuli used in the survey were photographs of the TBL boot, not the drawings from the trademark application; second, the survey did not use 'the tried-and-true accepted questions and progression deemed key to determining acquired distinctiveness;' and third, the control looked nothing like TBL's boot."

#Trademarks #TradeDress #Litigation #AcquiredDistinctiveness #FashionLaw

「商品やサービスのブランドイメージを守る商標権が仮想空間でも行使できるかは現行法では曖昧」で、意匠権も「仮想空間に再現されたもの全てが対象となるわけではない」ことなどから官民連携会議を立ち上げる、と。

ひとまず動向に要注目ですね。

#デザインと法 #FashionLaw

仮想空間でも知財権保護へ法整備　政府、官民会議で検討
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA180FB0Y2A111C2000000/

Cole Haanのアウトソールのデザインに関する今年8月の米国著作権局審判部決定。著作物性を否定していたのでよく読まずスルーしていましたが笑、改めて読むとこのアウトソールの【彫刻的特徴の分離可能性は認めた上で】創作性を否定。分離を緩く認めていますね👀　 #FashionLaw #デザインと法

https://www.copyright.gov/rulings-filings/review-board/docs/outsole.pdf

Time for an intro: I’m Julie, a #lawyer and the founder & editor of @tfl. I am interested in … #fashionlaw and business (#IP, #branding, M&A, in particular), climate/#ESG, emerging tech and #web3, etc., and would love to connect with other #femalefounders and #enterpreneurs.

Welcome to Mastadon, The Fashion Law!

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#Fashion #Law #FashionLaw