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Fashion eBulletin | Spring 2008

Fashion

Spring 2008

Which? reaches a settlement with JJB Sports in the first ever competition damages class action.

Mosaic Fashions continues the trend of designers and retailers enforcing their EU unregistered design rights.

A number of IP cases suggest that it is getting harder for brands and designers to enforce their rights.

The implementation of the Companies Act in October 2008 will allow objections to a company's registered name on the grounds that it is the same or sufficiently similar to an existing brand.

The principles surrounding an employee's duties to their former employer were reviewed in the recent case of Crowson Fabrics Limited v Ryder & Ors.

The House of Lords recently clarified how much a principal may be liable to pay an agent by way of compensation upon termination of the relationship.

Fashion Contacts
Lee Gage
Direct Dial: 020 7667 5113
Sandi Kurkdjian
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Alex McGurk
Direct Dial: 0207 667 5182
Mark Owen
Direct Dial: 0207 667 5142
Jo Sanders
Direct Dial: 0207 667 5250
Angela Taylor
Direct Dial: 0207 667 5055

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