Fashion Industry, Patent Litigation, Intellectual Property Protection

Get to Know: Anita Hodea - The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 29

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 7/24/2025

Tell me about key moments or mentors that have most influenced your legal career and shaped your current intellectual property (IP) practice?...more

EU Designs: Genuine Design Activity and Intellectual Effort are not Required for Protection

K&L Gates LLP on 7/21/2025

Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has delivered his opinion in the case Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and another (Case C 323/24). The case considers whether a footwear design made by Deity Shoes, S.L. (Deity...more

PTAB Issues First Post-LKQ Design Patent Decision

Jones Day on 9/30/2024

On August 6, 2024, the PTAB issued its first written decision applying a new test for obviousness of design patents. In Next Step Group, Inc. v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., IPR2024-00525, Paper 16 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 6, 2024)...more

It’s No Secret That A Related Company’s Physical Presence In A Jurisdiction May Not Be Enough For Proper Venue

Knobbe Martens on 8/4/2021

Andra Group, LP v. Victoria’s Secret Stores, L.L.C. Before Reyna, Mayer, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. An entity’s physical presence in a jurisdiction does not automatically...more

Copycat Flattened by Patent & Trade Dress Jury Verdict in Win for Tieks Shoes

Hogan Lovells on 5/14/2019

The maker of the Tieks ballet flat Gavrieli Brands walked away with over $2.1 million when a federal jury found Soto Massini’s competing designs infringed on Tieks’ patents and trade dress....more

Second Circuit Holds “Offering For Sale” Is “Advertising Injury” Under CGL Policy, But Allegation Not Enough to Trigger Duty to...

Carlton Fields on 3/13/2019

Several months ago we blogged about the duty to defend advertising injury claims under commercial general liability (CGL) policies, noting that many courts continue to struggle with the practical application of basic duty to...more

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