European Fashion Law

China has been steadily overhauling its IP system for well over a decade. Last week, in the latest development, China joined WIPO’s Hague...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a call for views on the designs system. It says this will “help us better...

What connects Leonardo Da Vinci, a Christmas miracle and the possible award of exemplary damages? The answer lies in a recent High Court...

In what may be a record for an IP case in the UK, the trial in Lutec (UK) Ltd & Ors v Cascade Holdings Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 1907 (Pat)...

How can you stop someone from systematically copying your brand? What if it went further than just your designs and covered everything...

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

My final IPKat post was dedicated to one of my favourite IP topics - designs. They are forgotten and misunderstood rights which is a...

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...

Four years is a long time in politics but not a particularly long time in the land of government reports. Just under four years ago the...

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

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

Without intellectual property rights it would be virtually impossible for the European fashion industry to continue. These rights enable...

Although it is a case management decision, there are so many hints in the recent decision Spin Master v PMS [2017] EWHC 1477 (Pat) that...