on law, fashion, art & design
Punk + IP = ?
Fashion designer, activist and renowned maverick Vivienne Westwood is one of the stars on the fashion sky. Her shows are legendary, her designs revolutionary: she patented the platform ‘pedestal’ shoe, created punk and is a [...]
The Laws of Appropriation
It’s fairly common for fashion designers to take stylistic inspiration from a variety of sources. Cross-cultural influences are nothing new and they greatly enrich creative practices, but there’s a boundary of respect that definitely needs [...]
Notes on Bottega
"Welcome to ‘New Bottega’ – a term that, for many, carries the same sentiment as ‘Old Céline’, which is where 34-year-old designer Daniel Lee worked under the tutelage of Phoebe Philo before joining the [...]
A Multicolor Trademark Battle
Often, copycats who use someone else’s trademarks try to worm their way out of litigation with one “simple trick”: trademark parody. However, as “My Other Bag” had to learn due to a recent judgement by [...]