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Fashion & Apparel
Clothing and footwear as an industry with a paper trail: trade determinations, forced-labour listings, customs actions, and what apparel companies tell their investors. New reporting - the recovered archive has none.
19 reports · 2026-09 – 2026-09 · browse by month
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6 Sep 2026CBP says its manufacturer code does not always identify the party it wants7 min6 Sep 2026Vortic says it was sued in 2015; the Second Circuit opinion dates the lawsuit to July 21, 20176 min6 Sep 2026Ninth Circuit opinions record six registrations for Levi's pocket tab and an affirmed finding of no secondary meaning on shirts7 min6 Sep 2026Louboutin's red sole registration, Serial No. 77141789, still carries the contrast limit a court ordered7 min6 Sep 2026Louis Vuitton said the court misapplied parody law; the opinion says a strong mark's fame is what avoids confusion7 min6 Sep 2026Rolex won the BeckerTime case on the marks and lost the profits to a ten-year delay8 min6 Sep 2026Tiffany found 73.1 and 75.5 percent of its 2004 and 2005 eBay test buys counterfeit - and the court held generalized knowledge imposed no duty on eBay6 min6 Sep 2026Court found TRIS was the only flame retardant available; memorandum of disapproval puts responsibility on producers and retailers7 min6 Sep 2026Federal Register notice lists 500,000 duty-free units for Belair Quartz; producers shipped 76,8096 min5 Sep 2026One capture of a Lanham Act opinion gives the Bulova watch case two opposite readings7 min5 Sep 2026Costco sold the Omega Seamaster for $1,299 and was granted $396,844.17 in attorney's fees7 min5 Sep 2026MetaBirkins jury gave Hermès $133,000 of the $232,000 minimum it asked for7 min5 Sep 2026US notice sets India at 10 percent and Vietnam at 12.5 as trade pact stays unsigned7 min5 Sep 2026Dial painter's estate lost to U.S. Radium on a two-year filing deadline, court opinion shows7 min3 Sep 2026CBP rules suspend the $800 de minimis exemption indefinitely and replace the interim mail entry process8 min3 Sep 2026Trade committee adds a polyester-spandex double weave to the CAFTA-DR short supply list over a supplier's response6 min3 Sep 2026One page of SEC full-text results names sixteen apparel issuers citing the Uyghur forced labor law6 min3 Sep 2026White House Section 301 actions key apparel duty relief to U.S. cotton purchases; 10% duty still applies7 min3 Sep 2026DHS adds 43 firms to the forced labor entity list, 41 of them under its sourcing sub-list7 min