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Chanel has won its dispute against resale company What Goes Around Comes Around, bringing to a close a six-year legal battle that touched on everything from trademarks to counterfeit products.
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The outcome of the case could expand the power to enforce trademarks across the fashion industry and beyond.
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French luxury house Chanel on Wednesday lost its trademark fight with Huawei Technologies after a top European court said their logos bear no
Cathaleen Chen is Retail Editor at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of the retail and direct-to-consumer sectors.
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Small fashion labels have always been shortchanged by their wholesale partners. A wave of high-profile bankruptcies has turned a structural injustice into an existential crisis. There is a better way to do business, writes Imran Amed.
