• Latest
    • AI
    • Careers
    • Diversity
    • Future of IP
    • INTA 2024
    • Law firm news
    • Standard-essential patents
    • Trade secrets
    • Unified Patent Court
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyright
  • Jurisdiction reports
  • Rankings
    • About Rankings
    • China Rankings
    • Germany Rankings
    • Global Rankings
    • UK Rankings
    • USA Rankings
    • Diversity & Inclusion Top 100 2025
    • Leaders 2025
    • Company Directory
  • WIPR Insights
    • Magazines
    • Whitepapers
  • Events
    • Conferences
    • Conference Videos
    • Webinars
  • About
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Login
  • Subscribe
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Login


Subscribe
  • Home
  • Copyright
  • Pulling at the Threads of Fast Fashion
screen_shot_2020-11-19_at_121048-477d081953db
19 November 2020CopyrightSaman Javed

Pulling at the Threads of Fast Fashion

Much of the fashion industry relies on cheap, mass-produced clothes. A never-ending conveyor belt of trends is feeding and driving consumer appetites for new items and, as production processes speed up, the result is “fast fashion”—an aspect of the industry that is alleged to carry with it many environmental and human costs.

Already registered?

Login to your account


If you don't have a login or your access has expired, you will need to purchase a subscription to gain access to this article, including all our online content.

For more information on individual annual subscriptions for full paid access and corporate subscription options please contact us.

To request a FREE 2-week trial subscription, please signup.
NOTE - this can take up to 48hrs to be approved.

Two Weeks Free Trial

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk


More on this story

Trademarks
Fast fashion plays fast and loose with IP rights
8 July 2021   Legal action by the owners of Dr Martens against online fashion retailer Shein is a reminder for rights owners to act promptly when compromised online, says Emmy Hunt of Potter Clarkson.
Trademarks
AI and fashion: Fashion Law London
2 March 2020   Artificial intelligence, and how the fashion industry can follow Alibaba’s lead in tackling counterfeits were among the topics discussed at Fashion Law London last Friday, February 28.
Jurisdiction reports
The luxury of fashion law
1 November 2013   The fashion scene brings more and more fans willing to pay large sums of money to feel and look good about the apparel they wear.


Editor's picks

Vidal: Stewart’s ruling steers IPR process ‘dangerously off course’
Patents
Vidal: Stewart’s ruling steers IPR process ‘dangerously off course’
11 June 2025

Editor's picks

Patents
Vidal: Stewart’s ruling steers IPR process ‘dangerously off course’
11 June 2025
AI
UK delays AI bill at pivotal moment as High Court hears Getty case
9 June 2025
Artificial Intelligence
Getty v Stability AI: High stakes at the High Court
6 June 2025
Trademarks
AI, lipstick deals and mental health: What’s on CITMA president’s radar?
9 May 2025
Patents
Apple must pay Optis $700m-the biggest patent award in UK history
2 May 2025
Patents
US-China tariffs: What hope is there for IP rightsholders?
1 May 2025

More articles

‘Cynical and bewildering’: UK omits copyright protections in Data Bill
Cognac toasts milestone GI victory in East Asia
‘Any copying was done by Getty lawyers’: Stability AI hits back
Vidal: Stewart’s ruling steers IPR process ‘dangerously off course’
BSH v Electrolux: A US perspective on cross-border patent enforcement
Getty slams Stability’s ‘distorted AI rubbish’ in opening arguments
Champagne France counsel: ‘Protection is part of our DNA’
Getty v Stability AI: High stakes at the High Court

  • Home
  • News
  • Directory
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Terms of Subscription

WIPR
Newton Media Ltd
Kingfisher House
21-23 Elmfield Road
BR1 1LT
United Kingdom

  • Twitter
  • Linkedin