Insights on Copyright

The US District Court for the Central District of California granted Lee Tillett, Inc.’s (Tillett) motion for preliminary injunction preventing Boldface Group, Inc. (Boldface), which sells the makeup line Khroma Beauty by Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe Kardashian, from using the mark KHROMA.

J. Crew Group, Inc. sued one of its former designers, Dwight Fenton, for breaching its duty of confidentiality, unfair competition and misappropriation, alleging that when he left the company to work for a direct competitor, he took with him trade secrets and other confidential business information.

A California federal jury determined two floral designs manufactured into garments imported by Ms. Bubbles Inc. and sold in Aeropostale stores, infringed copyrighted designs of a snowflake and a rose owned by Plaintiff LA Printex.

California AG filed two lawsuits against Chinese and Indian apparel manufacturers, accusing them of unfair competitive advantage through pirated software use.