fashion
Balenciaga vs Little Trees: When Anti-Fashion Leans Toward Anti-Legal, Daily Journal (November 6, 2018)
In an article for the Daily Journal, ADLI’s Olfa B’Chir discusses the appropriation of functional trademarks by high-end fashion brands attempting to compete with a movement in Fashion known as “AntiFashion”. She explores the case example of Balenciaga appropriating the Little Tree design and their protected trademark to create a Balenciaga keychain that sells for approximatively…
Supreme Court – Conceptual Separability Analysis
Traditionally, the principle is: Clothes are un-copyrightable useful works. In apparel, it is possible to protect an original design with copyright. Then, you can use this design on fabrics by screen printing or embroidering. The design will be protected but the clothe in which the design appear won’t be! However, there is an exception to…