Express Sues Wal-Mart in the Latest Copyright DisputeExpress is not happy with Wal-Mart’s “Express for Less” ad campaign, which they say implies customers can buy Express clothes for a discount at Wal-Mart. We think the suit is kind of silly.
Dove: ‘Real Beauty’ IS Real; Iman: Italian ‘Vogue’ Cover Girl?The photo retoucher who told ‘The New Yorker’ he extensively altered the Dove images said his quote was taken out of context, Iman’s the rumored cover girl of the all-black Italian ‘Vogue,’ and is L.C. getting bad?
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Adidas Wins $305 Million in Copyright SuitThe case against Payless ShoeSource could set precedent for the recent trademark cases filed by Phat Fashions, Victoria’s Secret, and Juicy Couture.
CFDA’s Anti-Knockoff Bill Hits a Major SnagHigh-end designers have been moaning about copyright protection and the proliferation of knockoffs for years, but after working with the American Apparel and Footwear Association to iron out a fashion copyright bill called the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, the CFDA just received some bad news:
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Canal Street Update: Police Confiscate Bags of BagsPolice are busy clearing out the fake merchandise from the 32 Chinatown shops that were shut down by the city yesterday; we snapped this photo on Canal Street this morning amid a gaggle of forlorn tourists. They came all this way from Iowa, and now look.
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Heavens! Has Marc Ripped Off the Swedes?!In the fifties, in the sleepy town in northern Sweden of Härjedalen, Gosta Olofsson produced about 1,000 scarves to celebrate this fair city. The scarves portrayed a small church, wooden huts, bears, flowers, and the coat of arms of Härjedalen. Cute! Now flash-forward to spring/summer ‘08: Marc Jacobs produces remarkably similar “mountain” bandannas to, um, celebrate the sleepy northern Swedish village of Härjedalen?
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Mr. Rodriguez Goes to Washington (for Copyright Protection)The wheels of clothing-copyright protection are slowly moving along: Narciso Rodriguez went to Congress yesterday to make his case for protecting designer clothing, as the Design Piracy Prohibition Act has been stuck in committee, unable to reach House and Senate floors because the fashion industry can’t agree on its language.