Fashion Law

Thank you all for a fantastic year! I appreciate every visit, your emails, your comments, your time. Uduak Law Firm’s Fashionentlaw.com blog clocked one year old this July 2011. Boy have we covered so much ground! When people experience the [...]

As an attorney who is intimately connected with the use of social media on the front and back end, I believe I can authoritatively say these are really exciting times we live in! Long time followers of this blog know [...]

“Luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton filed suit in federal court in New York on Thursday alleging that a handbag featured in the movie is a fakery. In the scene, the character played by Zach Galifianakis carries a bag marked LVM [...]

“The Kardashian family is preparing for war — gearing up to unleash a legal attack on everyone who claimed their clothing line is manufactured in child slave labor sweat shops in China … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the [...]

January 2011, my colleague at Fame Appeal wrote a nice piece wondering why Mattel Inc. had not sued Nicki Minaj for Trademark Infringement. It piqued my curiosity and I had this to say about his article: “I think FameAppeal raises [...]

“Last week, samples from Marc Jacobs’ upcoming spring collection were stolen while en route from Paris to London, sending the company into a tailspin as they cancelled editor previews and offered a reward for the return of the garments. Now, [...]

“Christian Siriano has gone from Project Runway winner to Payless to a new lawsuit from his talent agency that demands he pay up. Siriano, who is most remembered for his “fierce” catch-phrase on Project Runway, signed a deal in 2008 [...]

This lawsuit is particularly interesting because Radiant Beauty  sues Kim Kardashian as a brand ambassador for allegedly making false statements about their product. “In a new legal move, a competing hair removal company claims Kim Kardashian and the company she [...]

Designers, Fashion Entrepreneurs, what might work in the USA is not necessarily what will work in the overseas market. Despite globalization and social media  that makes us live in one virtual huge bubble, there are big differences in culture that [...]

“Italy’s equivalent of the Supreme Court in Milan has overturned a judge’s decision from April this year not to proceed with a trial, and to dismiss accusations against Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana and five other defendants over alleged tax evasion [...]