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If there was a void in the market for fast fashion, it was not glaringly obvious until Shein came along. For decades, multi-national retail titans like Zara and H&M (and then a newer batch of digitally native companies…
The Mercosur Partnership Agreement (“Agreement” or “EMPA”) represents one of the most ambitious trade treaties signed by Brazil. Covering a potential market of over 700 million consumers, the agreement goes far beyond t…
Merriam Webster defines the metaverse as “a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of multiple individual virtual realities.” The term “metaverse” originates from dystopian science fic…
Examiners play a critical role in the intellectual property (IP) system, assessing when patent, trademark, geographical indication and industrial design applications can be granted, and upholding the requirements set by…
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In recent years, intellectual property (IP) rights have played a pivotal role in the growth of the highly competitive global fashion industry, which generates more than USD 2 trillion per year. Amid breakneck advances i…
By Maria del Coro Gutierez Pla and Lynn Burtchaell, EUIPO SME Programme, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Alicante, Spain
Early last month, Harvard Business Review published an interesting intellectual property-related article, in which declared that Tesla Motors CEO and SpaceX founder-slash-CEO Elon Musk “doesn’t care about patents.” The…
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