The IPKat is supporting this year's conference, "Intellectual Property
in the Fashion Industry", which will be held in Central London on 23
September. Team blogger Jeremy will be in the chair and there's an
exceptionally strong cast of speakers. The principal attractions are as
follows:* IP in the Fashion Sector: an Overview, by Carina Badger,
Macfarlanes;* How far can trade marks protect fashion? Dawn Osborne,
Rouse Legal;* Design Right Issues: Sarah Wright, Olswang* What sort of
contract issues arise from dealing with freelance and employee
designers? Vicki Salmon, Eversheds;* Protection of Fashion in
Continental Europe: Estelle Derclaye, University of Nottingham*
Distribution Strategies and Pitfalls: Christopher Stothers, Milbank,
Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP* Shows, Exhibitions and Other Horrors: What
ACID Can Do: Dids Macdonald, ACID* Can You Protect a Style? Jason
Rawkins, Taylor Wessing4.20 Stripes in the Sportswear Sector: adidas
under the Microscope: Gino Van Roeyen, Banning, The NetherlandsYou can
read up on all the juicy bits of biographical detail relating to the
speakers, as well as savouring the finer points -- the bullet points --
of each presentation if you click here.To celebrate his sponsorship of
this joyous event the IPKat is conducting a competition, the prize
being FREE ADMISSION to this event. The rules of the competition are
simple: all you have to do is to write a limerick which starts with the
line "There once was a fashionable Kat". Please send it to the IPKat
here, with the subject line "Merpel Limerick", by not later than
midnight (IPKat Time) on 1 September 2008.Right: wearing nothing but
her necklace and her fur, Miffles wondered why the captions that
accompany IPKat blog illustrations are always more titillating than the
pictures that accompany them ...Multiple entries are welcome and the
best entries will be posted. Warning: if you are afraid that the
publication of your name will cause embarrassment or dismissal from
your employment, please tell the IPKat before he has posted it
alongside your entry.

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Posted By Jeremy to IPKat - news and fun for everyone! on 7/14/2008
09:15:00 AM