Page 2 - The Katten Kattwalk - Fall 2024 - Issue 28

Letter From

the Editor

e are thrilled to bring you the Fall 2024 edition of
The Katten Kattwalk, filled with updates on the latest
fashion law trends, legal developments and news. Inside
W these pages, you will find key initial considerations
from Corporate Partner Ilana Lubin for companies involved in buying,
selling or investing in fashion brands. Ilana shares the importance of
engaging accountants, tax counsel, operational personnel and attorneys
at the outset of a transaction to ensure efficient negotiations of deal
terms. Then, we hear from Corporate Associate Alex Potten, who
delves into the sale and license-back structure, a popular approach in
corporate transactions in the UK fashion industry against the backdrop
of challenging global market conditions like high interest rates and
increasing competition between the high street and online-only
businesses. Intellectual Property Associate Cynthia Martens follows up
with an article about the seizure of hundreds of thousands of counterfeit
items related to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games this
summer, as part of a broader anti-counterfeiting operation by the
European Anti-Fraud Office. Finally, Intellectual Property Associate
Julia Mazur discusses the overturning of a 42-year-old obviousness test
for designs that may impact how fashion companies use design patents
in their brand protection efforts.

We hope you find this issue to be engaging and insightful. As always,
thank you for reading and please don’t hesitate to reach out with your
fashion law questions.

Karen Artz Ash

In This Issue

Page 4 Always in Style: Key Considerations in Buying and
Selling Fashion Brands
6 Creative License: The Sale and License-Back Structure
Appeals to Investors and Brands in the United Kingdom

9 Going for the Gold

10 Stating the Obvious
12 Events / Recognitions

13 More NEWS to KNOW

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