23rd Feb 2024
The luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has a strong track record of success in trade mark oppositions. Yet, it has recently found itself on the losing side in its UKIPO dispute with the family-run gardening business L V Bespoke.
13th Feb 2024
Luxury brand Chanel has won its case against luxury brand reseller “What Goes Around Comes Around (“WGACA”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in what turned out to be nearly a month-long trial.
26th Oct 2022
In a recent decision, the European Union’s General Court (GC) held that the EUIPO’s Board of Appeal (BoA) was correct to find that Louis Vuitton (LV) failed to demonstrate that its Damier Azur pattern had acquired distinctiveness through use in the European Union in relation to a variety of goods in class 18 (handbags, purses, wallets, luggage etc.).
18th Feb 2021
When you think of fashion brands extending beyond their usual offering of clothing and accessories, you may think of fragrance or cosmetics lines, or possibly even homewear. But over the past few years, fashion brands have moved into much more unconventional spaces.