Trademark infringement

Plus, Charlotte Olympia gets the Barbie treatment.

• By Karina Hoshikawa
  Sep 6, 2016

Which is to say, trademark infringement.

• By Eliza Brooke
  Apr 14, 2015

For the past sixteen years, Valentino has been engaged in litigation with a company called Florence Fashions over the use of the Valentino trademark. On June 25th, DC-based intellectual property firm Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck settled the case of Valentino U.S.A., Inc v. Florence Fashions (Jersey) Limited with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). The TTAB handed down the following judgment: "Valentino established priority of use and that a likelihood of confusion existed between the Valentino marks and Florence Fashions' Giovanni Valentino and Gianni Valentino Marks." Confused? We were too. So we asked one of the lawyers from the firm that reps Valentino, Anne Sterba, to explain the case and the ruling.

• By Leah Chernikoff
  Jul 23, 2010

So, I got cable last Thursday for the first time in five years. That means I spent most of the weekend engrossed in programs as varied as Teen Mom and

• By Lauren Sherman
  Jan 26, 2010