European Fashion Law

Fashion is the fifth most polluting industry in the world. The pace of pollution has accelerated in recent years due to a faster and more...

The fashion industry has obtained enormous benefits from the protection offered by design law in the European Union. But to say that...

Exhaustion of rights is a concept which applies to all IP rights in Europe. Basically it means that if a product is sold ("put onto the...

The most obvious and important trade marks to register are your brand name together with any logo you have adopted. It is wise to get...

An important feature of the trade mark system around the world is the six month priority period. This is incredibly helpful for all...

Trade marks give you the exclusive right to use a particular "sign" in your business for particular goods and services. They can...

It is common for business priorities to change and relationships to improve or sour over time. At some point you will want to end a...

It is common to want to fix a price for goods. It provides you and your customers with certainty and means that you avoid disgruntled...

Defining terms Definitions make contracts easier to read. They are often known as "defined terms" and are a mini dictionary at the start...

Nobody wants their business secrets getting shared. This can happen broadly online or directly to a particular competitor. Both can be...

Every time you order goods from a factory or sell your products to a wholesaler, shop or end consumer, you are entering into a contract....

When you start a new fashion business, there are lots of competing interests for your time. You want to get finance to pay for stock and...

Fashion is built on intellectual property rights. The brand is protected by trade marks. The clothing and accessory design by design...

In order to understand European fashion law, it is first important to get to grips with the basics of European law. The European Union...

The European Union or EU is the political and economic union of 28 European countries who are known as "Member States". The EU has helped...

Fashion technology is not just about wearables. It includes the major innovations in textiles such as Tencel and Gore-Tex. One of the big...

Counterfeits are sometimes seen as a sign of success. They show that your business is doing well enough for someone to bother copying it....

It is no great secret that fashion leaves a large environmental and societal footprint. Some disasters, such as the collapse of the Rana...

Franchising, licensing, distribution or agency relationships can help you break into new markets or diversify into new products. It's...

The book is born of a desire to make fashion law in Europe as easily accessible and understood as it is Stateside. This site continues...