Bay Area Ladybrillers, if you will be in the area, please join me for my Fashion Law seminar that I will be presenting at the California Lawyers for the Arts on July 25th, 2012 from 7-8:30pm. The seminar is particularly helpful for those of you in the fashion industry. Please see the press release below: …
I already alluded this week to my irritation when it comes to seeing African fashion businesses, in particular, air their dirty laundry in public. I don’t see this as prevalent in Africa’s music and film industries. When it comes to fashion, however, when there is an existing dispute between two businesses or individuals, it seems …
It is not unusual to find companies and individuals in Africa infringing on copyrights and trademarks of Western brands. However, Africans are not the only ones doing it. Indeed within the USA and across the globe diverse groups of people and companies engage in infringement acts/activities daily. What is unusual, however, is that a Western …
There is an ongoing brouhaha with two respected emerging brands in Nigeria’s fashion industry. One is a fashion designer (Wana Clothing), the other a retailer. I anticipate more information from L’Espace (retailer) per their email to me regarding this brouhaha so I’ll wait to speak on this issue. In the meantime, the dispute allegedly began …
At the cusp of sharing the Style House Files MTN Lagos Fashion Week Event last year with the Ladybrille audience, I received notice of a pending litigation that had been filed in Nigeria’s court on alleged Trademark and Copyright Infringements. Other parties sued included Nigeria Fashion Week and (African Film Festival). For one, I knew …