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Does this Chinese cabbie love Louis Vuitton? Or hate them?
From a faithful student correspondent (who won’t be named so that Louis Vuitton’s famously aggressive lawyers won’t try to seize his camera), comes this picture taken from the back of a taxi tooling...
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The Knockoff Economy on Freakonomics
Photo credit: Therese C We have another excerpt from The Knockoff Economy up on the Freakonomics blog. This time, we’re writing about how knockoffs can actually help strengthen the brands they imitate.
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Federal appeals court in NYC says Yves Saint Laurent free to sell red shoes
A federal appeals court in NY has handed down its ruling in the long-running litigation pitting red-soled women’s footwear impresario Christian Louboutin against fashion titan Yves Saint Laurent....
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The Knockoff Economy in Wired
We have a piece in Wired looking at court fights over smartphones (Apple/Samsung) and stilettos (Louboutin/Yves Saint Laurent). You might think these spats have nothing in common. But in fact, both are...
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Can Emeco prevent Restoration Hardware from knocking off the “Navy Chair”?
The Emeco 1006 chair, also called the “Navy Chair”, is an aluminum chair produced by the Electric Machine and Equipment Company (Emeco) in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The chair, pictured at left, was...
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The Knockoff Economy on The Volokh Conspiracy
Kal and I will be guest-blogging this week on The Volokh Conspiracy, a great, lively and widely-read blog run by UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh (pictured left) and featuring posts from over a dozen...
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The power of performance and brands
Our latest post at The Volokh Conspiracy is about the power of performance and brands to spark innovation. Here’s a taste: “The power of brands is very apparent in any big drugstore. Walk into a CVS,...
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The Knockoff Economy on Reason TV
Kal does an interview with the good folks at Reason TV ranging over fashion, food, football, music smartphones and . . . why we don’t need more lawyers. Enjoy.
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Can Restoration Hardware knock off the Navy Chair?
Yes. For reasons we explain in Slate.
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United Airlines uses IP law in bid to squelch “Untied.com” complaint site
News today that United Airlines has filed a lawsuit pressing copyright and trademark claims against “Untied.com”, a United Airlines complaint site run by a Canadian engineering professor named Jeremy...
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