Second ACTA

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (“ACTA”) is similar to the whack-a-mole counterfeiters it purports to fight; it just keeps randomly popping up everywhere.

trademark, lawTara MurphyMay 6, 2015fashion law, trademark, ip, actaComment

J.C. Penney: Not Fair Nor Square

Penney’s informed Hudson + Broad that they “had sourced the custom-designed proprietary fixtures elsewhere.”

trademark, lawTara MurphyMay 11, 2012fashion law, ip, copyright, design, trade secretComment

Counterfeit Luxury Goods and ACTA

I am so happy to share this post with all of you today. In what is probably one of the proudest moments of my life, an article I served as a research assistant on was just published by the Cardozo Law Review.

trademark, law, businessTara MurphyMay 4, 2012fashion law, trademark, ip, acta, counterfeit goodsComment

Tumi Successfully Goes Public

Tumi went public on the New York Stock Exchange on April 19 and was very successful in their public offering raising $338 million.

businessTara MurphyApril 24, 2012fashion law, ipo, luxury goodsComment

Fashion = Art + Commerce

I found the the title of the symposium alone to be very intriguing because it is the most basic, fundamental and clear definition of what fashion really is: a combination of art and commerce.

business, lawTara MurphyApril 23, 2012art, acta, fashion law, beauty, trade secret, trademark, design, ip, ipo, luxury goods, counterfeit goods, copyright, intellectual propertyComment

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