This writer, one Charles Colman, is happy to announce that he is now *officially* an Acting Assistant Professor at NYU Law School.  The proof: my faculty profile, posted here.  My firm, Charles Colman Law, PLLC, remains open for business.

In other news, the World IP Review has been kind enough to quote me in three different articles over the past month:

Over the past two weeks, multiple media outlets have reported that BCBG Max Azria "won" its lawsuit against Stretta Moda over the alleged infringement of trade-dress rights in BCBG's Hervé Léger "Bandage Dress."  (See, for example, Women's Wear Daily, "BCBG's Group Wins Trademark Suit in L.A." (May 10, 2013).)

The American Bar Association has an exciting CLE coming up -- at least, it's exciting to me (though, to be fair, I'm speaking on the panel.)  Here's the main registration page for the event, entitled "Copyright Trolls Are Never in Fashion: Copyright Infringement Suits and Strategies for Fighting Back."  

For your convenience, I've compiled the relevant information here:

Logistics:

Friday, May 24, 2013

12 pm (EDT) to 1:30 pm

1.5 CLE credits in approved states

Format: Live webinar/teleconference

Program description:

Here is a somewhat haphazard sampling of reactions to the Second Circuit's recent decision in Cariou v. Prince (available at Scribd and embedded below.)  If any important, notable, and/or especially insightful commentary has been left out -- as I'm absolutely certain is the case -- feel free to suggest additions by e-mailing me at ccolman (at) lawoffashion (dot) com.

Center for Art Law (Ariel Greenberg): Appropriate Standards in Appropriation Art? Cariou v. Prince Decision Garners Relief but Fails to Provide Substantive Guidance

Although the LAW OF FASHION LinkedIn group is active as ever, you've probably noticed that this blog has been pretty quiet lately.  That's because this writer, one Charles Colman, has been hunkered down for the past few weeks, putting the finishing touches on his single-volume treatise, Fashion and Copyright, for LexisNexis-Matthew Bender.  (You might recall my saying something about a book for Oxford University Press.  Yes, this started off as that project... then this happened.)

Charles E. Colman

"Post-Kirtsaeng, 'Material Differences' Between Copyright and Trademark Law's Treatment of Gray Goods Persist" 

(first published in Law360 on April 4, 2013)