European Fashion Law

In short, yes: the UK courts can grant a pan-EU injunction in proceedings that were pending on 31 December 2020, the day the UK left the...

We first wrote about the impact of Brexit on UK trade marks over a year ago. We are now over 6 months in since the UK's departure from...

After the many logistical issues posed by both Brexit and the pandemic and with sustainability at the forefront of everyone's mind, it is...

There is no doubt that we are living through an unstable time. The pandemic has changed daily life for everyone. Politics are far from...

Designs are one of the key IP rights for the gaming and fashion industries but they are complex and consequently poorly understood. There...

Branding and trade mark use can change in subtle (and not so subtle) ways over time. For example, it may be used in a different typeface,...

We first wrote about the impact of Brexit over a year ago back in a pre pandemic era. Although we still don't have a deal. The outcomes...

We first wrote about the impact of Brexit over a year ago back in a pre pandemic era. Although we still don't have a deal. The outcomes...

Some luxury brands still choose to not operate an online presence. Whether this is sustainable in the long term is unclear. Regardless of...

The Luxury Law Summit looked at many business and legal issues but one of the great themes across the day was collaboration. Many...

The new Platform to Business Regulation (P2B regulation) applies across the EU from 12 July 2020. This Regulation is part of the EU's...

Scott Gilen (Director of IP Enforcement Global at Apple) spoke at the Luxury Law Summit about how his team stops Apple fakes (both...

Georgina McManus (Global GC at Manolo Blahnik) and Ashleigh Hegarty (GC and Privacy Officer at Charlotte Tilbury) spoke to Kate Wilkinson...

Inevitably the pandemic took centre stage at the Luxury Law Summit (3 September 2020) but thankfully it was not the only issue in the...

Here is another guest post from Marta Carmona (Master of Advocacy at the University of Málaga) Smart fabrics are textiles which include...

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...

Fashion and technology have long been on a collision course and, like so much, the pandemic has accelerated things in a dramatic and life...

Brexit may be nearly upon us. If this happens after 29 March there are various short term consequences to registered rights in the UK and...

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...