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Sep 2024
12m 15s

Explaining fashion IP law via women’s sh...

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Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss the IP rights applying to women’s shoes. Rebecca and Lee concentrate on probably the most famous women’s shoes of all, notably the red sole of Christian Louboutin. They discuss how the red sole was registered and some of the IP disputes surrounding that shoe in the EU and US.

Timestamps:

  • 2:49 - How was Christian Louboutin's red sole shoe registered in the UK
  • 5.44 - IP disputes with the Christian Louboutin red sole
  • 8:49 - What other IP rights could apply to the design of a shoe?
  • 11:15 - HGF IP in Retail Conference
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