UNION-IP Autumn Round Table "IP Lessons learned from shoes"
Unusually, the event will begin with the litigation session, in which decisions relating to SHOES will be examined and summarised. The second and final session will focus on prosecution strategies and ways to optimise the protection of trademarks, designs, and copyright (not limited to SHOES).
Recently, a number of IP decisions relating to disputes about shoes have been issued by various national and European courts and IP offices across Europe. Such decisions are establishing important case law, and it is becoming increasingly clear that all socalled "soft IP" rights are used to protect creations and businesses. Such jurisprudence addresses issues relating to trademarks, designs, copyright and unfair competition. These decisions provide material that IP rights holders can use to protect their creations in other fields, both in and outside the fashion industry.
WHEN: 14 November 2025, 10:45-16:00
WHERE: Amsterdam (NL), The Eye Filmmuseum, and simultaneously ONLINE
BROCHURE: https://tinyurl.com/2025-autumn-rt
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/2025-rt-2