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New York Fashion Week is just around the corner, and the Fashion Law Institute’s favorite early trend is wearable technology.   Whether we’re looking at the world through Google-colored glasses, counting our footsteps, or lighting up our dance steps, new designs are fusing form and function — with smart and stylish results.  Technology has always propelled fashion forward, but never more quickly than today.  Join representatives of the Patent Office, the legal community, and the fashion world for a panel discussion, “Wired & Laced: Patents, Technology, and the Future of Fashion.”

DATE:  Friday, February 7

TIME:  9:30-10:45am (breakfast 9am)

PLACE: Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd Street

NYS CLE:  1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

Attorneys ($75)

Fordham Law alumni, Fashion Law Institute Bootcamp alumni, past Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up clinic volunteers ($65)

Accredited media, fashion industry professionals, Fordham law students (Free — but please register to guarantee admission. No CLE credit.)

Others, including law students from other institutions ($25)

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There’s a new law in town — are you ready for it?

New York has extended its statutory safeguards for child performers to include models under the age of 18, a move that could change the face of Fashion Week and beyond. Join representatives of the Model Alliance, the New York State Department of Labor, modeling agencies, and other industry stakeholders for a panel discussion and information session, “A Major Step for Minors? Models and the New Child Performer Law” — to take place just hours before the new law will go into effect.

DATE: Tuesday, November 19, 2013
TIME: 7:00-8:15pm (reception at 6:30pm)
PLACE: The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South (appropriate attire required)
NYS CLE: 1.5 hours professional practice, transitional and non-transitional

SPACE IS LIMITED – REGISTER NOW TO RESERVE YOURS!

Attorneys ($75)

Fordham Law alumni, Fashion Law Institute Bootcamp alumni, past Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up Clinic volunteers ($65)

Accredited media, fashion industry professionals, Fordham law students (Free – but please register to guarantee admission. No CLE credit.)

Others, including law students from other institutions ($25)

We look forward to welcoming you!

The internet will soon be expanding to include hundreds of new generic top level domains. But are these new gTLDs a trick or a treat? Should you or your clients defensively register domain names containing your trademarks in the new gTLDs? What mechanisms will be available to help protect your brand online? How will fashion houses’ marketing and online brand protection strategies change in light of the new system? Before you lose your head over the potentially scary range of new options beyond .com — from .fashion and .jewelry to variations on designers’ and apparel companies’ names — join INTA and the Fashion Law Institute for a cutting-edge panel discussion, “Designers & Domains: Tailoring the New gTLD System to Fashion.”

DATE:  Friday, November 1, 2013

TIME:  9:30-10:45am (breakfast at 9am)

PLACE:  Fordham Law School, 140 W. 62nd Street, Room 430B/C

NYS CLE:    1.5 hours (professional practice, transitional and non-transitional)

Panelists include Claudio DiGangi (INTA), Sarah Feingold (Etsy.com), Fred Felman (MarkMonitor), Jennifer Wolfe (Wolfe Sadler Breen Morasch & Colby), and Mary Wong (ICANN).

Register now:

Attorneys ($75)

Fordham Law alumni, Fashion Law Institute Bootcamp alumni, past Fashion Law Institute Pop-Up Clinic volunteers ($65)

Accredited media, fashion industry professionals, Fordham law students (Free – but please register to guarantee admission. No CLE credit.)

Others, including law students from other institutions ($25)

We look forward to seeing you!

The Fashion Law Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the world’s first academic center devoted to the law and business of fashion. For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.

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When it comes to culture, the world’s closets are filled with borrowed and reimagined finery – but when does inspiration shade into cultural appropriation?  And at what point should counsel comment?

Please join us for a panel discussion, “Culture Counsel: The Legal Ethics of Intellectual Property and Inspiration.” We’ll also enjoy a private viewing of Zevs’ solo exhibition, Traffics in Icons, at De Buck Gallery.

Participants include Katherine E. Lewis (Lewis Law Firm), Katrin Zimmermann (Ex Ovo), and Jeff Trexler (Attorney and professor, Fashion Ethics, Sustainability and Development). Professor Susan Scafidi will serve as moderator.

DATE:         Wednesday, October 23, 2013

TIME:         6:30 pm reception and viewing of exhibition, 7 – 8:15 pm panel

PLACE:        DeBuck Gallery, 545 W. 23d Street

NYS CLE:     1.5 hours (ethics & professionalism; transitional and non-transitional)

We look forward to seeing you!

Thanks to De Buck Gallery for hosting the event and for permission to use an image of Zevs’ “Global Liquidation.” 

The Fashion Law Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the world’s first academic center devoted to the law and business of fashion. For more information about the Institute or the CLE hardship policy, please contact us at events@fashionlawinstitute.com.