Trademark Infringement. I bet you hear about it all of the time. But what is it? How does one establish it? What the heck does likelihood of confusion even mean? These are all great questions, and you are in luck, because I’m going to answer them! First of all, let’s […]
Many fashion designers are aware that fashion does not receive the same protection in the United States as in many other countries around the world. For example, copyrights are not readily available for fashion designs. This means that fashion designers must rely on other forms of intellectual property- trademarks for […]
Trademarks are refused for multitudes of reasons. But here are five of the most common reasons why a trademark might be refused the minute the application is in the hands of an examiner: Letters and Number in Trademarks: While letters and numbers in trademarks are generally a good thing (especially […]
After a battle spanning years, the copyright case between Unicolors, a pattern-making company and H&M, a fast fashion giant, is going before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case began in April of 2016 when Unicolors accused H&M of infringing on one of its geometric patterns. The Supreme Court will be […]
