Bar and Bouclé is a recurring column authored by Rahul Bagga that examines the textured tension between fashion’s transience and the law’s appetite for permanence. His writing interrogates how style becomes subject to structure, and how the seams of legal reasoning often unravel under the weight of fabric.
Parody, trademark law and fashion may sound like unlikely companions, but they often share the same scarf, usually knotted around an IP lawyer’s neck.…
India has quietly walked into a new era of trademark law. The acceptance of Sumitomo Rubber Industries’ “rose scented tyre” as a registrable trademark…
The Ecomark Rules, 2024, apply to seventeen major categories of consumer goods, ranging from soaps and paper to textiles and electronics, under a voluntary…
“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,” observed fashion photographer and historian Bill Cunningham. However, the armour is now increasingly…
