Creative IP and Fashion Law

Trademarking colors, keeping a designer's name, sampling music, and labeling fur.

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Brief

Can a color be trademarked?

Tiffany blue, Louboutin red, and when a single color can work as a trademark

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Brief

Can a designer lose legal rights to use her name?

Why designers who sell their namesake brands may lose the right to use their own names in business

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Brief

Music Sampling Rights

What counts as sampling, the de minimis circuit split, fair use, and why sample licenses can cost so much.

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Brief

Faux Fur Crimes

Federal law requires real fur to be labeled by species, yet real fur keeps turning up in items sold as faux.