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		<title>Copyrighting Fashion: Who Gains?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Private Interest in Public Laws By Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman American law does not prohibit copying fashion designs. Paradoxically, the payoff from free copying has been enormous. Copying helps set trends (you can’t know it’s a trend until it’s been copied) and then helps destroy them – once a design has been widely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1146</link>
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		<title>American Apparel Stretched too thin?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unisex underwear for men? Dev Charney CEO of American Apparel has run wild with risque adverts in an LGBT friendly fashion scene. The problem is that even though AA is one of the most visited clothing websites in America they have lost thier financial grip and in danger of going out of business.   American Apparel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1138</link>
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		<title>FBH &#8211; Philadelphia Fashion Week Fall 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jumping out of a taxi, I see one model after another walking towards a tall unnamed brick building.  Am I in the right spot, little did I know that in this weathered commercial space, serious professional activities were taking place.  I interviewed two budding entrepreneurs in their 20&#8242;s who dream of taking their unique take on fashion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1106</link>
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		<title>Tips for Clothing company start-ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to start my own clothing company? So much ingenuity and ambition however the technical side usually stumps most of us. The following is a list of business and legal topics/terms one should keep while operating an apparel based business. 1. How to Brands survive Retail either e-commerce or in-store 2. Changing consumer dynamics [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1091</link>
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		<title>Style Update: Bow Ties and Backpacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Style update: Dont forget to check style pages: His Briefcase &#38; Her Handbag document.getElementById("post-1060-blankimage").onload();]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1060</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name? George Clooney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctored photo of Vanja Gaffi with Mr. Clooney. www.thegossipers.com Imagine someone used your image to help launch a clothing line!!!  Well that is exactly what happened to George Clooney in Italy.  It all started when George Clooney found photographs of himself wearing a Rolex. How absurd is that you may ask???? Well, Clooney is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1050</link>
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		<title>Forever 21 cancer killing American Fashion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forever 21 is a sickness for American Women. It is a shame how millions of them are blinded by its look-a-like clothing scheme and succumb to its poor quality.  Don&#8217;t Forever 21 customers realize they are being scammed? Instead of the endless amount of cheap wannabe knockoffs in your closet you could save your money and purchase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=604</link>
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		<title>World Cup Legal System in South Africa!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South Africa World Cup Courts FIFA- Fame Appeal Forget about Yellow or Red cards! In order to be prepare for legal violations the Law Society of South Africa has actually set up a Special World Cup Court. The special court quickly handles issues so that it does not have to be taken care of after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=1007</link>
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		<title>SA VA Fashion Show on June 19th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come celebrate summer and sustainability with us us at the SA VA LOVE fashion show, in addition to showcasing its summer collection, the event will bring awareness and support to the sustainable economy and culture of Philadelphia. Proceeds will benefit arts and culture in Fairmont Park. See you there! Sarah Van Aken will be presenting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=989</link>
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		<title>Zara has license to sell Michael Jackson shirts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While shopping at a Zara store in SoHo, to my surprise I found a  Michael Jackson t-shirt displayed for sale. All of sudden &#8220;Smooth  Criminal and Beat It&#8221; flash backs entered my consciousness.  At the bottom of the t-shirt it states. &#8220;Copyright Triumph International Inc, under license to Bravado Merchandising. All Right reserved.&#8221; It looks like Triumph [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=967</link>
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		<title>Levi&#8217;s poor attempt at trademark infringement complaint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Levi-Strauss has been a landmark company that has provided  denim clothing world wide. However can you believe even ol&#8217; Levi is having trademark infringement issues? A company called Gardeur has allegedly made their back pocket design similar to Levi&#8217;s double curve design.  Levi&#8217;s alleges that the “clothing that displays stitching designs that are confusingly similar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=954</link>
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		<title>American Eagle makes Trends problematic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Problem With Being a Trendsetter&#8221; When it comes to fashion, no success is sacred. Last year, the Shashi bracelet, a bauble of macramé and rhinestones, was on Lindsay Lohan&#8217;s wrist and sold for about $60 at Henri Bendel and Intermix. Now, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. is selling similar-looking bracelets priced at $12.50. &#8220;It&#8217;s not fair,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=927</link>
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		<title>Costco v. Omega Watches for Copyright Infringement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8212;-The Supreme Court announced on April 19th that it would decide the international copyright exhaustion case of Costco v. Omega. Costco purchased Omega watches from a third-party importer and sold the watch for $1,300 instead of the $2,000 suggested retail price. Omega (a division of Swatch) then sued Costco for copyright infringement – alleging that the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=887</link>
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		<title>Jersey Shore has trouble getting permission to film in Miami</title>
		<description><![CDATA[____No one in Miami will give MTV&#8217;s Jersey Shore permission to film on their property. Jersey Shore producers want almost &#8220;no limitations&#8221; on what they do on the location and have the right to destroy almost anything they want on the property! (read contract here) In my opinion given the reckless behavior of the cast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=858</link>
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		<title>FGI Red Carpet Runway Event Philadelphia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[-Video of event UPDATES ON YOUTUBE!!! -April 19th in Chestnut the Fashion Group International presented a beautiful fashion designer competition at  The Chestnut Club in center city Philadelphia. The event was hosted by Emmy award winning host and producer Linda Swain. The fashion show competition was fantastic, I was extremely impressed by the attention to detail and practical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=832</link>
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		<title>Fame Appeal at Widener University School of Law School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fame Appeal has been featured on the Widener Law School News. Many thanks to the Faculty and Staff who assisted in this process. Especially to the web editor for writing a great article. You can find the article here document.getElementById("post-827-blankimage").onload();]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=827</link>
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		<title>Hill Harper Esq. Helps inspire for Pepsi Refresh Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fame Appeal Fan Fahad Shariff, reports from New York as an attendee to a trendy seminar sponsored by Pepsi co. called the Refresh Project. Where Pepsi is looking for &#8220;people, business, and non-profits with ideas that will have a positive impact. It urges you to look around your community and think about how you want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=801</link>
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		<title>Global IP protection for TV/Game Shows</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Alternative dispute resolution services, are now available to protect the concepts behind media such as Game Shows and Reality shows from unauthorized spin-offs across the world. Have you ever asked yourself, &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t this reality tv show look like one that was cancelled a couple months ago?&#8221; Well TV show creators around the world have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=773</link>
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		<title>Guess hires a fake lawyer against Gucci</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Guest writer Susan Scafidi. Fashion Law Professor at Fordham Law www.counterfeitchic.com How can you tell whether that guy down at the courthouse is a practicing attorney or just someone who wears pinstripes well? Law degree?  Check. Bar exam passage?  Check. Business cards with a formal title, or at least an &#8220;Esq.&#8221;?  Check. Client?  Check. Case?  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=740</link>
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		<title>Disney owes Hannah Montana creators $5M!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The creators of Hannah Montana are suing Disney for $5 Million of backpay! The entertainment industry loses its glitz and glamour once a contract disputes surfaces. Hidden somewhere in between some buried contract section is a clause that contains terms for who will get compensated for what, and by how much. Lawyers know this, however the artist they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=727</link>
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		<title>Attack of Online Counterfeiters!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gucci America, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent America have teamed up and filed trademark infringement suit against an array of online counterfeit retailers. Commercial litigator Anne Coyle Esq. is the counsel representing a number of fashion houses. Defendants include Bagsmerchant, LLC andwww.BagsDeal.com. Ms. Coyle told me over the phone that this issue was one of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=704</link>
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		<title>South Butt &amp; North Face Trademark Infringement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have waited several months  until this legal dispute was over before writing about it. The North Face is a name we all know and trust. High quality, cold-weather, clothing and gear, has been a signature of North Face for many years. Who would have thought that a silly teenager would take such a brand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=681</link>
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		<title>Bad Trademark Day for Green Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine going to a concert of one of the world&#8217;s biggest rock bands and seeing a giant reproduction of your art on stage. L.A.-based artist Dereck Seltzer says in a new lawsuit that it happened to him.  Dereck Seltzer sues Green Day for copyright infringement and unfair competition. Seltzers alleges that Green Day used his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=644</link>
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		<title>Warner Brothers Needs a Superhero</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you produce a hit TV show, and it suddenly gets cancelled. You are not worried because other networks want to keep on showing it as reruns and you plan on getting royalties.  When networks buy licenses to show TV series,  the royalties that come from the many networks get really complicated.  The following article [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=633</link>
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		<title>VX Fashion Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While waiting in the line for the doors to open, models would kindly take pictures with the attendees and chat with makeup artists.VX Fashion is a promising upstart by Melissa McLean and  Carisha Zenitta, editor of Runwayink.com . The evening was extremely lively, the crowd was VERY ENERGETIC, sometimes the runway models would let off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=622</link>
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		<title>Louis Vuitton v. Google</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by YM Ousley of Signature 29 Score one for Google, as the internet giant gets a favorable ruling from a European court in its 5-year legal fight with luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton and their parent company LVMH. Louis Vuitton had asserted that Google’s practice of allowing anyone to bid on trademarked names opened the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=612</link>
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		<title>VX Fashion Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VX FASHION SHOW HERE The VX Fashion Show information is at  www.vxfashion.com. Stay tuned for updates regarding designers, check Runwayink.com for additional info. What a great opportunity for the public to come to this event. Fame Appeal will be there as press! document.getElementById("post-585-blankimage").onload();]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=585</link>
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		<title>Zelda Movie: Banned from TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fruits of four years of labor finally paid off for independent film studio BMB Finishes when its Zelda-based movie, The Hero of Time, was released for public consumption over the internet. Reaction to the film was mixed, but it seemed like everyone appreciated the 1,460 days of hard work that went into the feature-length [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=336</link>
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		<title>Lady Gaga&#8217;s $30 Million dollar heart break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it a good business strategy to incorporate your significant other as a partner in your endeavors? Well Lady Gaga,  (Stephanie Germanotta) and her ex-boyfriend Rob Fusari surely think it is not. Rob Fusari used to be Lady Gaga&#8217;s producer way back when. If the relationship between artist and producer end, at what time does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=538</link>
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		<title>Poisonous Clothes from Versace, D&amp;G, Trussardi etc.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                                                                                                                     State inspectors in Zhejiang, China claimed to have found widespread health risks and fraud from brands  like Dolce &#38; Gabbana, Trussardi, Hugo Boss, Paul &#38; Shark alongside Hermes and Versace. In a test where they took a random sample of 85 batches of clothing, 60% of them failed Chinese quality standards. Inspectors found poor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=520</link>
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		<title>Is there any room for Tommy Hilfiger?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phillips &#8211; Van Heusen corporation has purchased Tommy Hilfiger for approximately $3 Billion dollars! However, the problem here is whether Tommy Hilfiger  will lose its sizable share in the upper-middle class consumer base while owned by PVH. When a large parent company operates a bunch of smaller companies it is highly probably that it&#8217; subsidiaries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=431</link>
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		<title>Droid Rage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How much does it cost to Droid? I too  loved carrying my R2D2 lunch box. I remember playing with my big brother&#8217;s Millenium Falcon. However I never dreamed that 20 years later I would want a Droid Cellphone! George Lucas might not have dreamed of it either, but he sure is banking on it now!  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=419</link>
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		<title>Genius or just plain desperate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been told that young Entertainment lawyers look for publicity in every nook and cranny. I am only in Law School and I am using this blog to let people know who I am. (Click on about me page) However, there comes a time in everyone&#8217;s life when they just get desperate for attention. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=411</link>
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		<title>Counterfeit Fendi Bags sold at Burlington Coat Factory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it looks like Burlington Coat Factory has to got to find $4.7 M in those oversized U.S. Polo association jacket pockets! Federal Judge Leonard Sand of New York decided that the retailer KNOWINGLY VIOLATED Fendi&#8217;s trademark rights. But isn&#8217;t $4.7M a little bit too much? Well not really&#8211; Burlington Coat Factory is actually a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STOLE MY SPOTLIGHT &#8211; Kanye west pulled at oscars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Movie- Music by Prudence &#8230;..hasn&#8217;t prudence gone through enough in life&#8230; my goodness I just watched Roger Ross Williams the movie maker of the Short film Prudence get his SPOTLIGHT TOTALLY STOLEN&#8230; by this fat woman in a purple dress with crazy red hair or purple&#8230; i cant believe she just ran up on stage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyundai poses off of Louis Vuitton too!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: COMMERCIAL HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET I GUESS LV PROVED THEIR CLAIM! Looks like Lexus, Mercedes Benz, and Honda are not alone&#8230; even Louis Vuitton is a victim of Hyundai&#8217;s poser-style. Louis Vuitton is suing Hyundai for trademark infringement because of the car maker&#8217;s unlawful use of its brand pattern.  In an attempt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=335</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The Hurt Locker&#8221; needs a Band-Aid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you watched a movie and said to yourself, &#8220;this movie could be about me?&#8221; Well, Iraq war  Sgt Jeffrey Sarver had the same feeling when watching the hurt locker. Its not a far fetched idea, since the screenplay of the Hurt locker was based on a Playboy article written about Sgt. Sarver service in Iraq. Sarver [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fameappeal.com/?p=328</link>
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		<title>Philadelphia Fashion Week 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia Fashion will redefine your image! I had a wonderful time at Philadelphia Fashion Week 2010 presented by FBH. I  have added pictures below of some of the designs displayed from the &#8220;High Fashion Ready to wear Runway show.&#8221;  Check it out on Youtube! I had a blast, the crowds of people were very easy going and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too much junk in her trunk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like modeling is not the only thing paying the bills for Angie Sanselmente Valencia!  The lingerie model has lead numerous other clothing models in the transportation of cocaine from South America to Europe.  Police discovered Angie&#8217;s operation when they arrested a 21-year old women carrying 55 Kilos of cocaine at Buenos Aires Airport. According to the Telegraph: &#8220;An international arrest warrant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Brand Romance!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many sipping on Lady Gaga hate-orade believe that her overzealous trade marking (which spreads from cell phone vinyl covers all the way to tank tops) may hurt her brand name in the future. Here is her trademark action:  F.A. knows there is well founded criticism that her products may end up in the “tacky aisle” of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kim Kardashian Steals Logo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, if you purchase Kim Kardashian&#8217;s new perfume from Sephora, all you will be doing is rewarding her lack of originality. It is a shame that Kim&#8217;s multimillion dollar company could not afford to get its own design, and had to leech off of someone else. Little did, Lindley Bertin know, that the day she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia Fashion Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Press Release) Everyone wants to go to Fashion Week! Although Philly is known for its artistic talents, it has never been known as a fashion mecca. Philadelphia’s Fashion Week is now being recognized as an event that showcases its talents with some of the hottest fashion shows. F.B.H. Entertainment has made a name for itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fake Chronic giving Dr. Dre munchies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wideawake Entertainment has re-released the Chronic, but forgot about asking Dr. Dre&#8217;s permission! His claim of  trademark infringement has given him the munchies for more money! It all started back in 1992, Dr. Dre&#8217;s album Chronic was released by Death Row records; Suge Knight and Dr. Dre ran the company 50/50. Because of Knight&#8217;s lethal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NYC Feb-&#8217;10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Farewell to the Tent at Bryant Park. Good memories. I love so many things about fashion week&#8230; the celebrities, the fashion forward dressing, the models, and of course the great people you meet. The following are some of the hundred pictures takens of models I ran into,  runway, and other stuff&#8230;. oh the memories.. more to come! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Stripes seeing Red</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So if you were watching the Air Force commercial during the super bowl and thought to yourself, hey that background music sounds familiar, you weren&#8217;t alone. Jack White, of the White Stripes threatened to file a complaint against the Air Force Reserves stating that it sounds similar to his song &#8220;Fell in Love with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UGGGGGGGHH enough already</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UGG, owned by Deckers Outdoors, is suing Claire&#8217;s, run by CBI Distributing, for patent infringement. You can order a copy of the complaint here. The red boot on the right is real and the left is Fake. The two look so similar and if it was a unique style then F.A. would totally side with Ugg. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get your hands off my tote bag</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leave Marc Jacobs alone Christian Audigier (designer of Ed Hardy). You should stick to trucker hats and the saturated denim market. Marc Jacobs states in his trademark infringement complaint that the &#8220;size, shape, color or color combination, product design, texture, and selection and arrangement of materials and accessories&#8221; make up its &#8220;trade dress&#8221; or in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death of Lee “Alexander” McQueen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every human being has a soul, and today a soul’s body has died document.getElementById("post-48-blankimage").onload();]]></description>
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		<title>The court is TO THE LEFT TO THE LEFT!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So just because she is married to Jay-Z, and her family runs a succesful clothing line (House of Dereon), doesn&#8217;t mean that Beyonce Knowles can get away with ripping off the Chinese manufactuer who makes her clothes.  Vier International is suing House of Dereon, Donna Loren L.L.C., and HJM International shippers for $500,0000 in breach of contract. What makes it even worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Hilton stole my shoe!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To the untrained eye these two shoes look different; however, if you look at the sole of the shoe the heart designs are substantially similar. The design patent filed by Brooke Hallow Inc., owner of  Gwyneth Shoes, is suing Antebi Footwear Group LLC, which has partnered with Paris Footwear. F.A. cheers for Gwyneth Shoes on this [...]]]></description>
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