Here is my very personal top 5 of topics that I covered in 2013 on this blog, looking at their impact on the market and their potential implications in 2014.
Fake comments or reviews on social media and blogs are quite common especially in the fashion sector, but their practice might lead to potential legal issues and liabilities.
After wearable technologies, special rules for foreign franchisors in Italy, 3D Printers à la mode, social media and fashion and online retail, this post drafted by my colleague Giangiacomo Olivi, will review the competition issues relating to distribution strategies in the fashion & retail sectors, from franchising and network agreements to commissioning, advanced licencing…
As part of the series of posts on fashion related topics, we previously discussed about wearable technologies and franchising agreements while in this post my colleague Gualtiero Dragotti will focus on an issue already touched in a previous post i.e. the friction between traditional intellectual property rights and 3D printing technologies.
As part of the series of posts on the most relevant legal matters affecting the fashion industry, we discussed about wearable technologies and privacy while here is a post from my colleague Stefania Baldazzi on legal issues affecting franchising in Italy being franchising agreements one the most common contractual arrangements used in the fashion sector. In particular, we will review the issues that a foreign franchisor needs to consider before entering into the Italian market.
The future of Google Glass might also depend on the outcome of a trademark battle with an Italian startup that devised a product named Glassup. In June 2012, Google had filed with the European trademark office applications for the registration of the words "Glass" and "Google Glass" in the category 9…
A very interesting conference at the University of Milan on “eCommerce B2c in Italy” unveiled today quite unexpected surprises that come a few days after the approval of the new EU Directive on Consumers Rights which will better protect eCommerce buyers. An increase of 20% in the turnover of the e-commerce sector has occurred in 2011…
EGaming Review reports that, because of the upcoming liberalization of the French gaming market, FDJ has entered into an agreement with TF1, the largest French commercial Tv channel, under which FDJ will sponsor some TV shows on TF1 and will provide a dedicated gaming space on Tf1.fr. This deal made me think…