"Fashion Law: A Guide for Designers, Fashion Executives and Attorneys" is America's first book on the legal environment of the fashion industry.
It provides a practical and comprehensive handbook for fashion professionals, dealing with such crucial topics as intellectual property protection for fashion items, licensing, anti-counterfeiting, commercial agreements, business structures, employment law, advertising law, commercial leasing and international trade and customs law.
As the global fashion and apparel complex has grown to represent a $1 trillion dollar market, an emerging legal discipline has arisen to help guide fashion designers and executives through the legal quandaries peculiar to fashion.
- Practice tips on how to legally protection fashion items from infringement;
- An explanation of the difference between "knockoffs," "infringements" and "counterfeits";
- A practical overview on drafting licensing agreements;
- Leading law cases and published decisions related to the fashion industry;
- Sample contract clauses, checklists and negotiating strategies
Each chapter of "Fashion Law" was prepared by a team of legal specialists. The lead authors and co-editors were:
Guillermo C. Jimenez, Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology
Barbara Kolsun, Vice President and General Counsel, Stuart Weitzman
Advance reviews:
"This topic is extremely important for the fashion industry's future and current professionals. Fashion Law is one of the most controversial and sensitive subject areas in fashion and it involves practically all aspects of the industry..." -- Elena Karpova, Iowa State University
"This is the first book on the topic and the information is very relevant...The best aspect was that the book was written by authors familiar with the industry. Also, the sample contracts and case studies will be very helpful to practitioners and students alike..." -- Dr. Erin Parrish, University of Alabama
About the Publisher:
Fairchild Books, a division of the Conde Nast group of companies, is Ameria's premier publisher of fashion business textbooks and professional guides.
