by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jul 17, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
The U.S. Department of Commerce is seeking comments from intellectual property rights holders, online retailers and other stakeholders on the state of counterfeit goods through online third-party marketplaces and/or third-party intermediaries. The Department is...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jul 2, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today a new rule requiring foreign-domiciled trademark applicants and registrants to have a U.S.-licensed attorney represent them in all trademark matters before the USPTO. This applies to international fashion...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jun 26, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
As we close out Immigrant Heritage Month, we’re re-sharing FIA founder Kenya Wiley’s CNN op-ed on U.S. immigration policy. Kenya penned the opinion piece in 2018, when the current administration once again attempted to end DACA and the International Entrepreneur...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jun 26, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
Designer and global Latinx influencer Victor Barragán launched BARRAGAN in 2014 — an underground fashion label that plays with gender and identity politics through clothing, while pushing boundaries and questioning established narratives and norms. BARRAGAN’s designs...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jun 24, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Erik Brunetti’s streetwear brand FUCT today, involving a First Amendment challenge to a provision of the Lanham Act prohibiting the registration of “immoral or scandalous” trademarks. Brunetti applied for federal trademark...
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by Fashion Innovation Alliance | Jun 24, 2019 | Fashion+Tech Updates
Yuchen Zhang is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur in wearable technology based in New York City. After working in leading branding firm, Red Antler, Yuchen left branding to earn her masters in Design Technology at the Parsons School of Design. Since graduation,...
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