It’s Fashion Week here in New York City, and designers from Diane Von Furstenberg to Phillip Lim have been rolling out their Fall 2009 collections to crowds in midtown Manhattan’s Bryant Park. The event reminded us of some of the legal entanglements we’ve read about in the fashion and luxury goods world in recent years–Tiffany v. eBay, LVMH v. eBay, Anna Sui v. Forever 21. So we decided to call up Sheppard Mullin partner Ted Max, a fashion lawyer who’s represented some of the most established designers out there, as well as many emerging ones. Max has been handling fashion clients for over 20 years, taking on matters from licensing agreements to trademark enforcement and more. He talked to us about the intellectual property issues most at play right now in fashion, and how the Internet and the economy affect the market for knockoffs.

Thanks for taking the time, Ted. Are you busier during Fashion Week? Do you go to any of the shows?

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