Description
Bloomsbury India Fashion Law (First Edition) by Sapna Malik
About the book
Fashion law, as can otherwise be referred to as the apparel law, is indeed an emerging arena of legal specialty, encompassing the legal issues with regard to every aspect of a garment. Right from the conception of the idea to design a particular garment, to getting it stitched into clothing materials, styling and publishing it and obtaining brand protection on it, legal assistance is needful at every step in order to ensure smooth flow of the work and avoid undesirable complications for the future. This book elaborately discusses the concepts of IP protection in the fashion industry, negotiations in the fashion industry, the supply chain issues, crimes in the fashion industry as well as the redressal mechanism for the same.
Key features
• Comprehensively discusses licensing, assignment and franchise agreement in the fashion industry
• Detailed analysis of the digital fashion processes
• A conceptual guide for the process of IP protection in the fashion industry
• Examines various redressal mechanisms like anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting actions, infringement suits etc.
About the author
Sapna Malik,Founding Partner – Legal Eye Advocates and Legal Consultants
Sapna Malik is life time member of Bar Council of Supreme Court of India and High Court of Delhi. Sapna Malik is practicing as an advocate, whose professional experience spans over 15 years. Sapna Malik has rendered legal advice to multinational companies and Indian corporations for setting up business operations in India, as joint ventures and wholly owned subsidiaries, business restructuring and due diligence. Sapna Malik has extensive experience in handling legal affairs for corporate, operational legal policies involving extensive planning, strategizing and implementation of effective control measures for mitigating legal risks. As an advocate, Sapna Malik is handling cases independently since 2003 and has appeared and argued cases in National Commission and District Courts, High Court and Supreme Court of India. Apart from these she is a Labour Law and Industrial Relations Expert and has appeared before various Labour authorities, Tribunals, Labour Courts, advised and handled labour law cases and Industrial Relations matters. She has handled issues related to Intellectual Property Rights be it litigation or registration and have vast experience in all matters relating to property, including transactions and disputes involving commercial and residential property, and advise both individual and corporate clients on sale agreements, acquisition of property by foreigners, as well as mortgaging and finance under property and Real Estate Law. Significant highlights about the experience are: effectively handling matters involving Industrial Relations, due diligence, compliances for corporate and adroitly handled various financial and taxation issues under ECB, FIPB approvals, FDI, RBI and FEMA Guidelines.