The Luxury Law Alliance and Summit

The Luxury Law New York Awards 2024 are now open for nominations. We are inviting in-house legal teams, law firms working for luxury brands, and businesses to submit nominations for all seven categories. Don't miss out on the opportunity to nominate yourself, your team, your organisation, or others and recognise their talents and success over the past year. Deadline for nominations is September 26, take a look at the categories and how to nominate here https://lnkd.in/e_AQjsKr Thank you to our category sponsors DLA Piper Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP Henries PLLC Reed Smith LLP Foley & Lardner LLP McCarthy Tétrault and Foster Garvey PC

The modelling industry is buzzing with questions about whether artificial intelligence (AI) will replace human fashion models on the runway. Foley & Lardner LLP’s Jeffrey Greene looks at how AI is revolutionising the fashion and beauty industries and issues around bias, disclosure, right of publicity and copyright. Clearly, AI is here to stay, he writes. "Fashion companies and brands should look at AI as an asset and a means to unlock opportunities that propel their businesses forward. Meanwhile, models, designers and creatives should look at AI through the lens of a collaborative approach with brands, knowing that they are an essential component to bring authenticity, genuine emotion, personal experiences and character to the table. In combination, this will help create an enhanced and improved consumer experience." #luxurylaw #fashion #models #beauty #bias #publicity #copyright #AI #artificialintelligence #runway #IP https://lnkd.in/gNc93cHk

We're on a mission to make the UK legal sector more diverse and inclusive. That's why we're inviting you to nominate yourself, others, teams and businesses for the Women & Diversity in Law Awards, which will be announced on Tuesday 18 March 2025 at the Hilton Bankside in London. It's free and simple to nominate! Nomination deadline is Thursday 12 September. Just click the link below to learn more. Quick overview: The awards recognise: 1) Outstanding Women Leaders and Outstanding Women Practitioners 2) Diversity more broadly, highlighting the stand-out initiatives, businesses, not-for-profits and individuals across its different strands. Once nominated, nominees will be invited to submit entries. The judges include Deputy High Court Judge and former Linklaters partner Alexandra Marks CBE, Sophie Breuil, head of diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging at CMS, Lesley Wan, general counsel & whistleblowing officer, All Africa Capital Limited, and Herbert Smith Freehills’ CEO Jason D'Agostino, CRME, CHIA. #DEI #diversity #inclusion #law #leaders https://lnkd.in/gmyVNyyJ

Luxury companies exporting and importing products to Mexico must evaluate if, as part of a licensing agreement, royalties and licence fees for using a product’s IP rights are subject to duty payments, writes Foley & Lardner LLP's MARCOS Carrasco Menchaca. He explains: "We often hear about global companies, particularly those in the fashion, apparel and beauty industry, as title holders of intellectual property rights such as trademarks, trade names, patents and copyrights. Oftentimes, those companies grant licensing agreements to third parties, either related or not, to use their IP rights for the manufacture, distribution and/or marketing of products exported from one country to be imported into another. These licensing agreements are usually subject to royalty or licence fee payments upon use." #luxurylaw #customs #duties #IP #royalties #licencefees #Mexico https://lnkd.in/eQjMN36r

Recognizing the good work in the luxury law industry is one of our favourite activities. Diageo’s general counsel, Tom Shropshire, Bird & Bird and Kering’s Italian legal team were among the big winners at our recent Luxury Law Awards programme. Shropshire won General Counsel of the Year, Kering’s Italian legal team was recognised as Legal Team of the Year and Bird & Bird secured Luxury Law Firm of the Year – International Practice. Other winners included Mark Green, head of IP at REVOLUTION BEAUTY, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Adrian Bratt, from Princess Yachts, who secured Business Leader of the Year for his role in the company’s acquisition by KPS Capital Partners. Immaculate Vegan founders Annick Ireland and Simon Bell were honoured as Entrepreneurs of the Year for their work supporting sustainable fashion. There were 12 awards in total: read on for a full round-up of who won what, and why. Thanks to our sponsors Taylor Wessing K&L Gates Perkins Coie Browne Jacobson Morrison Cohen LLP Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Graff Search Foley & Lardner LLP #luxurylaw #sustainability #achievement #awards #leaders https://lnkd.in/gznhyd7k

AI is set to have a bigger impact on advertising than any other industry, including advertising for luxury, write Freeths' IP lawyers Simon Barker and Chris Musgrave. In their article, they provide a high-level overview of the risks and rewards of using AI in luxury advertising. "Personalisation is the ultimate luxury customer experience. Generative AI makes it possible to have a more direct relationship with consumers and to create content that previously would have been too time-consuming, giving demanding consumers something unique," they explain. #luxurylaw #advertising #brands #AI #content #IP brands. https://lnkd.in/ggd-E483

Reporter Maura O'Malley's latest luxury dispatch details a potential settlement in the long-running dispute over iconic rock band Nirvana's smiley-face logo and LVMH-owned fashion label Marc Jacobs and art director Robert Fisher. According to documents filed at a Californian district court on 9 July, the parties have agreed to mediators' proposals submitted by Magistrate Judge Steve Kim. The parties have 21 days to draw up the details of the agreement. Nirvana is represented by @Mark S. Lee partner in Rimon PC’s Los Angeles office and counsel Bert Deixler and partner Patrick Somers from Los Angeles-based Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP. Marc Jacobs is represented by New York-based partner Michael Zinna from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Robert Fischer is represented by attorney Inge De Bruyn from Modo law in Los Angeles. #luxurylaw #copyright #infringement #settlement #logo #smileyface https://lnkd.in/g_je4JUJ.

GenAI may be a boon to luxury brand advertising but Hogan Lovells’ lawyers Helen Trac and Rebecca Horton caution that copyright law may not protect some AI-generated campaigns. As they write in their article, "Brands are well underway in recognising the value GenAI offers. For certain tasks, GenAI can advance the creative process and still allow for copyright protection. But based on the guidance from the (US) Copyright Office, brands must be prepared for results that may not be entirely, or at all, protectable." #luxurylaw #advertisinglaw #AI #GenAI #textprompt #copyright #IP https://lnkd.in/eNV2RqJA

Menopausal products are big business for brands, writes Freeths legal beauty expert Iona Silverman. In her article, she explains that regulators are clamping down on the advertising of menopausal products and provides tips for how luxury brands should balance product claims with the law. https://lnkd.in/g_HzZ8RA #luxurylaw #menopause #beauty #advertisinglaw

Two New York law firms are helping a luxury retailer make its own high-end purchase. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is representing Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, in its $2.65bn acquisition of rival retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMG), parent company of Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is acting for longtime client Neiman Marcus on the deal. The Willkie team guiding HBC was led by corporate partners Greg Astrachan, Michael Brandt and Tej Prakash, finance partner Viktor Okasmaa and finance counsel Michael Wolynski.  The Sullivan & Cromwell team included corporate partners Melissa Sawyer and Lauren Boehmke and associates Lisa M. Morales and Charlie Wowk, executive compensation partner Jeannette Bander, finance partner Neal McNight and associate R. Courtland Morrice, tax partners 王瀚之 Wang and Ha Jin (Tessa) Lee, and antitrust partners Renata B. Hesse and Samantha Hynes. Read more in Anne Gallagher’s story. #luxurylaw #retail #mergersandacquisitions #bigdeals https://lnkd.in/g2RgtTEM