Trademarks and Trade Names

November 7, 2023

What’s in a (Watch) Name?

Brands have taken their names from people, places and unusual things. All watches tell time, and some do a whole lot more. But the name of […]
November 21, 2022

Jewelry Counterfeits: The Age-Old Problem Just Keeps Growing

Experts say online sales have fueled an increase in fakes, confusing buyers and stymieing makers from Cartier to independent artisans. It didn’t take long for Mitchell […]
July 8, 2022

Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, Dole Pineapple Return to the Licensing Expo

The Licensing Expo returned in person this year, where characters big and small searched for a match made in consumer heaven. At 10:30 a.m. on the […]
June 16, 2021

Ferrari Is Racing Into Fashion

The Italian carmaker just had its first runway show. Was it any good? And what is the company thinking anyway? Last weekend, 100 of the Italian […]
April 9, 2021

Company Will Offer Refunds to Buyers of ‘Satan Shoes’ to Settle Lawsuit by Nike

The unauthorized sneakers, which contain a drop of blood and cost $1,018, sold out in less than a minute last month. A Brooklyn company that was […]
March 29, 2021

Guess Withdraws Look-alike Telfar Bag

Copycatting has social media consequences. After the BeyHive and the Rihanna Navy — the Telfar tribe? For decades product plagiarism has been seen as the price […]
September 23, 2020

Is the New Guards Group the New Guard of Fashion?

Davide De Giglio is not your typical luxury fashion mogul. He does not wear a slickly tailored suit, possess an expensive M.B.A., hold court from the […]
July 22, 2020

Diane von Furstenberg’s Brand Is Left Exposed by the Pandemic

At the end of February, just as the coronavirus was beginning to cast its pall over Europe, an elite crowd that included the likes of Anna […]
February 11, 2020

All Your Favorite Brands, From BSTOEM to ZGGCD

Maybe it’s cold, and you need some winter gloves. You know the brand of your favorite coat and remember who made your warmest sweater. Gloves, however, […]
January 9, 2020

Losing Prince Harry and Meghan, and (Potentially) Billions of Pounds

LONDON — The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018, watched by a television audience of almost two billion viewers worldwide, was heralded […]