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Oct 4, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Aaron West |Sandra Seah
GOAT has waged a new lawsuit against Culture Kings USA, Inc., accusing the sneaker resale company and its CEO Simon Beard of deliberately infringing its trademarks by using the GOAT CREW brand to “capitalize on GOAT’s hard-earned goodwill” and confuse consumers.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Aaron West |Sandra Seah
Miley Cyrus is on the receiving end of a new copyright challenge that accuses the singer and a slew of other defendants (including Apple, IHEARTMEDIA, Wal-Mart, Disney, etc.) of ripping off a Bruno Mars song to create the “overnight sensation” that is her 2023 hit, “Flowers.” According to the complaint that it filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on September 16, Tempo Music Investments, LLC claims that Cyrus and co.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Aaron West |Sandra Seah |Julie Zerbo
Nike President and CEO John Donahoe’s announcement on September 13 that he would step down from the company’s top position puts a bookend on a tumultuous financial and cultural period for the Beaverton, Oregon-based sportswear giant.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Marian Makkar |Amanda Spry |Aaron West |Sandra Seah
Generation Z has been called “the sustainability generation.” Born between 1997 and 2013, 58 percent of this consumer cohort seek to buy products that are sourced sustainably. Gen Z consumers in Australia, for instance, say they are willing to pay more for brands that have a positive impact on society. Yet, at the same time, this generation of consumers is helping to drive the meteoric rise of ultra-fast fashion from online, direct-to-consumer retailers, such as Shein, Temu, and Boohoo.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Sandra Seah |Julie Zerbo
The global call for companies to reach the target of being net-zero in their operations (meaning that any carbon emissions are balanced by absorbing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere), and the critical need to transition from business-as-usual, have spawned an exponential growth in the number of “green” products all marketing to an audience eager to join the sustainability bandwagon.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Sandra Seah
In the latest leg of an ongoing legal battle that may not see an end any time soon, Levi Strauss & Co. (“Levi’s”) has filed a new lawsuit against FullCount Co Ltd., accusing the Japanese apparel company of “manufacturing, distributing and/or selling garments” that infringe its famous trademarks, despite being subject to permanent injunctions as a result of previous lawsuits.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
thefashionlaw.com | Sandra Seah
A competition regulator in the United Kingdom is providing fashion companies with tailored “green” guidelines on the heels of alerting 17 “well-known” fashion brands of the need to ensure that they are not engaging in greenwashing by way of their advertising.
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May 6, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sandra Seah
The global call to attain net-zero, and the critical need to transition from business-as-usual, have spawned an exponential growth in the number of green products all marketing to an audience eager to join the sustainability bandwagon. However, in this fast-growing green market, the disturbing trend of greenwashing has clearly diminished consumers’ and businesses’ confidence in sustainable business practices, products and services even if these are genuinely green.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Sandra Seah |Jonathan Kao
Singapore has a variety of strategies to advance Singapore’s energy transition. This includes improving the efficiency of power generation, maximising solar and ESS deployment, importing cleaner energy from other countries, and pre-positioning Singapore for new carbon-mitigation strategies, such as CCUS.
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Aug 14, 2023 | 
today.westlaw.com | Sandra Seah
(August 25, 2023) - Sandra Seah of Bird & Bird looks at a range of regulatory improvements needed to develop market incentives, foster investment and build infrastructure for a sustainable hydrogen economy. The transition toward net-zero has propelled the meteoric rise of hydrogen as an energy vector. The development of a hydrogen economy is however no mean endeavor, requiring nimble policies and robust regulatory frameworks to foster a competitive hydrogen industry.
