Grace McLaughlin

Oct 30, 2024 | thefashionlaw.com | Julie Zerbo |Megan K Bannigan |Kate Saba |Grace McLaughlin

Hermès International recently secured a partial victory in a trademark dispute before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) that saved its Oran sandals from trademark cancellation. In a decision last month, the EU agency’s Second Board of Appeal (“Board”) overturned an earlier cancellation of its stylized “H” trademark for its hot-selling Oran sandals on the basis that the design does not function as a trademark.

Oct 29, 2024 | thefashionlaw.com | Julie Zerbo |Megan K Bannigan |Kate Saba |Grace McLaughlin

In an effort to bring an end to the antitrust case waged against it over its alleged scheme to use its coveted Birkin bags to “force consumers to purchase substantial amounts of ancillary products,” Hermès lodged its latest motion to dismiss on Friday.

Oct 29, 2024 | thefashionlaw.com | Julie Zerbo |Megan K Bannigan |Kate Saba |Grace McLaughlin

Companies are increasingly catering to Gen Z, as this pool of consumers – aged 12 to 27 – continues to gain greater power in the market. Despite millennials and Gen X taking the title of top-spenders when it comes to personal luxury goods, Gen Z’s spending currently amounts to $360 billion (up from $143 billion a mere four years ago) and is slated to continue to increase even further in the coming years.

Sep 26, 2024 | thefashionlaw.com | Aaron West |Megan K Bannigan |Kate Saba |Grace McLaughlin

The latest scrutiny for Shein is coming by way of Italy’s competition and market regulator, which is probing an entity affiliated with the ultra-fast fashion titan for allegedly attempting to covey the false “image of production and commercial sustainability of its garments.” The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (“AGCM”) revealed on Wednesday that its greenwashing-centric investigation into Shein (via Styles Services Co. Limited, which manages the company’s Italian e-commerce...

Sep 26, 2024 | thefashionlaw.com | Aaron West |Megan K Bannigan |Kate Saba |Grace McLaughlin

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a matter waged against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) over recycling-centric advertising claims. In its September 10 order, the SEC charged Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (“Keurig”) with making inaccurate statements regarding the recyclability of its K-Cup single use beverage pods in its 2019 and 2020 annual reports.