Taylor Swift’s Trademark Strategy Against Generative AI and the Future of Likeness Protection
So we all read the headlines, right? Taylor Swift’s latest trademark strategy is smart not because trademark law is a magic shield, but because…
Fashion Weeks and Event Law: Liability, Sponsorship, and Performer Rights
Fashion Weeks in Paris, Milan, New York, London, or even newer fashion capitals such as Mumbai and Shanghai, are not just another glossy display…
The Rise of Luxury Resale from the Lens of Sustainability, Legal Challenges, and the Path Ahead
The luxury resale market involves buying and selling pre-owned high-end goods, such as certain designer bags, watches, and apparel, as well as collectables like…
Gucci v. Guess: When Inspiration Becomes Imitation
Gucci America, Inc. v. Guess?, Inc. (2012) is one of the few cases in fashion law that has so vividly highlighted the contradictions in…
Wardrobe as Sanction: Fashion in Geopolitical Conflict
History will not only remember the treaties signed or the wars waged, but the wardrobes that framed them. Garments, long dismissed as frivolity, have…
The Jurisprudence of Color Ownership in Fashion, Trademark Law, and the Boundaries of Color Protection.
Fashion is about the narrative a piece conveys, not just about the fabric or cuts. There is a weight to color in particular. Consider…
Uncovering the Tax Loopholes Exploited by Fast Fashion
The Working of the Global Fashion Trade and the Rise of Ultra-Fast Retailers When we talk about massive, dynamic, and constantly abuzz global enterprises,…
Luxury Fashion Licensing in India: A Boon or a Brand Risk?
The High-Stakes Game of Licensing Licensing in the luxury sector is a double-edged sword. It can build global scale or quietly dismantle exclusivity. For…
Threads of Identity: GI Tags’ Relevance in Protecting Northeast India’s Fashion Heritage
India, as a country, represents an interwoven web of cultures. With this diversity, the scope of innovation broadens. Each distinctive community and its varied,…
The Fur Paradox: Why Fashion’s Most Divisive Material is Staging a Legal and Environmental Reckoning
The fashion world is witnessing an unprecedented contradiction that would make even the most dramatic Emily in Paris plotline seem tame: as legislatures worldwide implement…
From Statutes to Streetwear: Sumptuary Laws, Fashion, Class, and Identity in England
Fashion is often regarded as a matter of personal taste – it is an expression of identity shaped by culture, geography, era, time of…
How to Build a Sustainable Fashion Brand if You Were Starting Today
Just the tag in itself of Sustainable Fashion is often deemed to be superficial and oxymoronic. For an industry which is built on surviving…
Serving Style: Fashion, Law, and the Game at the US Open
Each year, the US Open in New York transcends the boundaries of sport. The matches may determine the champions, but the event has also…
Transparency is Trending, But Is It Real?
That clothing item you bought for a low price might cost more than you realize, especially for those who made it. Behind its low…
Reduce, Reuse, Resale: The Intellectual Property, Consumer Protection, and Liability Issues in Second-Hand Luxury Markets
Vintage clothing and used luxury items were once things you could find in a thrift store in a nice neighbourhood. Now, reselling designer goods…
From Runway to Retail: Navigating Fashion Business Agreements
The fashion industry may seem to be full of glitz, glamour and shiny runways, but behind every glamorous collection hides a certain web of…
Wardrobe as Statecraft: The Legal Threads of Global Diplomacy
Clothes, in diplomacy, are never merely clothes. They are not plucked from wardrobes in the soft chaos of an indecisive morning, but composed under…