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Fenwick & West LLP

As AI Colors Fashion, Copyright Remains a Gray Area

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A U.S. federal appeals court recently ruled that works generated solely by artificial intelligence are not eligible for copyright protection. ...more

Venable LLP

Is Vintage Brand's Use of Penn State-Related Images Likely to Confuse Consumers as to Their Source? That Is the Central Question...

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This week, a Pennsylvania jury is hearing argument in a trial that will decide The Pennsylvania State University's trademark infringement claims against Vintage Brand, LLC, its affiliated company, and its owner. According to...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

Touchdown on IP: The Legal Playbook for Upcycling in Fashion

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According to Forbes Magazine, a majority of younger generations (59 percent of Generation Z and 57 percent of Millennials) are buying upcycled products. This growing trend has transformed the fashion industry, blending...more

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Marketing in the Metaverse

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The metaverse presents exciting new opportunities for brands to engage a new audience through interactive virtual environments and immersive experiences, including with virtual products that cross the digital divide. Many...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Courts Offer More Guidance on Enforcing Rights to Brands and Images Used with NFTs

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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) serve as agile mechanisms to verify an underlying asset's authenticity and/or ownership linked with it. For now, minting NFTs to commercialize digital artwork on blockchain domain names continues to...more

Perkins Coie

Protecting Fashion Brands in the Metaverse and Beyond

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By now, many have likely heard of the metaverse—a network of digital environments where individuals can use avatars to, among other things, interact and shop. The metaverse is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics in recent...more

Hogan Lovells

China: Manolo Blahnik wins back trademark after 22-year legal battle

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On 24 June 2022, China’s Supreme People’s Court (“SPC”) handed down its long-awaited retrial judgment in the MANOLO BLAHNIK trademark case. In this judgment, which was published online only a few days ago, the Supreme Court...more

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A Cautionary Tale of Waiver!

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The Federal Circuit upheld a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) decision refusing registration of an athletic apparel company’s trademark, holding that the trademark applicant waived its key arguments by not raising...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

What can hair metal and grunge bands teach us about IP ownership?

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It has been an interesting several weeks in the trademark world that have transported me back to my halcyon days of high school metal and college grunge (but mostly I was a new wave guy). The years-long litigation going...more

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