Organisation: Levi Strauss

Current IP laws could “clash” with the right to a healthy environment, paper warns

Current EU trademark and copyright laws could interfere with a shift towards more sustainable consumerism, a recent paper warns. However, public interest arguments might provide legal protection to repair, refurbishment and upcycling businesses where existing exceptions to IP infringement fall short.

09 July 2024

Over half of all Louis Vuitton US infringement cases filed at one court, data analysis finds

Around 57% of all Louis Vuitton infringement disputes in the United States take place before one Florida court, according to data analysis.

21 June 2024

Gucci favours Southern Florida and secures preliminary injunctions exceptionally quickly, litigation data reveals

Analysis of trademark litigation data identifies Gucci as the Kering brand most active in the United States, but not in the forums you may expect

07 June 2024

Tracking Shein’s growth through its trademark portfolio

We reflect on the shopping platform’s increasing dominance over the past decade by analysing its trademark filing activity.

23 August 2023

PTO recognises notoriety of LEVI’S mark for Class 25 goods

In opposition proceedings against the registration of the mark LEXI-5 in Class 25, the PTO’s Administrative Court of Appeals recognised the notoriety of the LEVI'S mark based on additional evidence submitted on appeal.

30 September 2022

Brands and politics: what the corporate world’s muted response to gun control means

Muted brand responses to recent mass shootings in the US offer a genuine test of whether companies can stay out of the debate at a time when consumers demand that they take a stance.

11 June 2022

Levi Strauss & Co’s ‘arcuate stitching design’ mark declared as well known

In a victory for American clothing giant Levi Strauss & Co, the Delhi High Court granted a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from using the ‘arcuate stitching design’ mark on their goods, and declared the mark to be well known.

23 May 2022

Tommy Hilfiger and Under Armour among first to join Mercado Libre’s new Anti-counterfeiting Alliance

We go behind the scenes at Mercado Libre’s new Anti-counterfeiting Alliance to learn how the collaboration project fits in with the platform’s aims to fight online infringement.

30 November 2021

“The opposition is well funded and active”: inside the Buy Safe America Coalition’s INFORM Consumers advocacy work

Buy Safe America Coalition spokesperson Michael Hanson expands on the lobbying battle currently underway in DC over the INFORM Consumers Act.

02 June 2021

Buy Safe America Coalition backs Big Tech Accountability Platform memo, seeks to shore up support for INFORM Act

This week the Buy Safe America Coalition has sent a letter of support to Republican Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers in response to a recent memo on her Big Tech Accountability Platform.

21 April 2021