Fashion Industry, Trademark Litigation, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

Trademark Application for French “Clothing” Unravels at the Federal Circuit

Fish & Richardson on 7/2/2025

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a denial by the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of an application filed by fashion house Vetements Group AG for VETEMENTS for various articles of...more

TTAB Decision Underscores Difficulty Of Proving Fraud Before The USPTO

Ladas & Parry LLP on 7/5/2018

In Tommie Copper IP Inc v Gcool-Tech Usa LLC (Opposition No 91223768 (9 May 2018) [not precedential]), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has dismissed an opposition where the applicant did not have use in commerce...more

Adidas Fights to Protect its Three-Stripe Mark

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/30/2017

Can three stripes be protected as intellectual property? That question is now before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). Adidas AG (“Adidas”), the German sportswear giant, instantly recognizable for its...more

The Katten Kattwalk | Issue 09

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 3/16/2016

The Katten Kattwalk discusses legal issues in the fashion industry affecting the trademarks, patents and copyrights associated with companies, brands and products. ...more

IP Newsflash - February 2016 #3

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/18/2016

SUPREME COURT CASES - The Supreme Court Denies Cert Challenging the Use of Third-Party Registrations and Website Printouts as Evidence of Actual Use - The U.S. Supreme Court denied New Millennium Sports, S.L.U.’s...more

North Face Scales Sanyang Applications For Clothing and Services

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets on 9/30/2015

In The North Face Apparel Corp. v. Sanyang Industry Co., Ltd., Opp. No. 91187593 (September 18, 2015), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) handed The North Face Apparel Corp. (“The North Face”) significant victories...more