European Fashion Law

One of the highlights of the pandemic has been the opportunity to catch up on a lifetime's worth of TV. Fortunately, there are some truly great TV shows including the comedy Silicon Valley. It is not for nothing that this great TV show has been described as a documentary! It confronts many of the business issues that face the tech industry in the US and beyond. One of my favourite episodes is a mini courtroom drama (a binding arbitration, if we're going to be precise). The ep

Domain names have been treated as a type of intellectual property for years but their precise status has not been clear in the UK, until now. The owner of the blackjack.com domain decided to roll the dice and asked His Honour Judge Hacon to determine whether or not the domain name was intangible personal property. This case, Hanger Holdings v Perlake Corporation SA & Anor [2021] EWHC 81 (Ch), offers clarity on this important question. Background Hanger Holdings, a company in