Alan Behr

August 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Leave it to the U.S. Supreme Court to create an elegant intercession between Frank Sinatra's favorite whiskey and one of the world's most coveted handbags. In this article, Alan Behr discusses applications of the Rogers test with focus on the Hermès v. Rothschild and Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products cases.

By Alan Behr

9 minute read

March 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The intentions of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act are clearly noble, but it is hard to read the text of the current bill without seeing it as a high-minded legislative scold.

By Alan Behr

6 minute read

August 27, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Fair use will remain about as subjective in application as is the quality of the artworks and all the rest to which it is intended to apply.

By Alan Behr

8 minute read

August 23, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Although not a single word has been altered in any statute, what we know now about the protectability of fashion designs is very different from what we thought we knew a very short time before.

By Alan Behr

8 minute read

August 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Alan Behr writes: For a company used to being in a real place, employing real people to sell real things, virtual retailing can come as a legal and business shock at first. The competition is just as intense, and Amazon is out there, in front of everybody, but it expands your market from where you are to, potentially, anywhere that anyone can be. The key to legal success is the same as with traditional retailing, only more so: anticipate the likely problems and be ready with solutions before those problems arise.

By Alan Behr

8 minute read

September 21, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Alan Behr of Phillips Nizer discusses the ins and outs and provides first-hand advice on the transition from law firm attorney to in-house counsel for a corporate organization.

By Alan Behr

13 minute read

September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Alan Behr of Phillips Nizer discusses the ins and outs and provides first-hand advice on the transition from law firm attorney to in-house counsel for a corporate organization.

By Alan Behr

13 minute read

October 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

From noble ruin to Bohemian hangout, Germany's capital is beginning to look good nearly 20 years after reunification.

By Alan Behr

6 minute read

June 01, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Where restaurants satisfy one's appetite for art, entertainment and relaxation.

By Alan Behr

11 minute read