Retail and Fashion
We act on behalf of clients at all ends of the fashion and retail spectrum, from photographers and designers to manufacturers and fashion houses. Our retail and fashion experience whether for start up businesses, small scale designers, e-tailers or large multi-nationals enables us to provide the legal advice you need tailored to meet the challenges in this diverse sector.
Our Service
We regularly advise on all aspects of Intellectual Property from the existence and creation of Intellectual Property Rights to their exploitation and enforcement. No seam is left unpicked.
We regularly assist with all aspects of retail and fashion businesses, including initail start-ups and capital raisings to corporate transactions, AIM flotations, employment and real estate advice.
The Brand
The brand is crucial for the fashion industry. It adds value and identity to designs and creativity. We can assist with all legal aspects relating to the marketing and the creation and protection of your brand from the moement a design is created through to the regsitering of Trade Marks.
Registrering your designs as Design Rights as they evolve is crucial to protect their potential value. Trade Mark registration in other global jursidictions is also very important to protect the brand in locations where its sold and also manufactured.
Our worldwide links with filing agents and our network of lawyers in jurisdictions around the globe enables us to provide a complete branding service to all clients.
Brand Protection
Taking steps to protect your brand against infringers of your Intellectual Property rights is key to preserving the value of your brand. We have years of experience in taking such action, though the Courts as necessary and have very good contacts with Customs who actively seek to prevent counterfeit goods from reaching UK markets.
Brand Exploitation
Our commercial experience of licensing, distribution, agency and franchise agreements enables us to assist clients, within this sector, who are looking to expand the geographical scope of their brand and enhance its revenue generation.
Collaboration with the Ethical Fashion Forum
We are delighted to announce our collaboration with the Ethical Fashion Forum (“EFF”) www.ethicalfashionforum.com. The EFF is the industry body dedicated to a sustainable future for fashion. A not for profit organisation, EFF aims to make it easy for fashion professionals to integrate sustainability into the heart of what they do. The EFF delivers support for fashion businesses towards sustainability through three membership programmes, all geared to enabling fashion professionals succeed in ethical fashion business. Be informed at the Ethical Fashion SOURCE: the Global Platform for Sustainable Fashion www.ethicalfashionforum.com/source.