Document Type
Editorial
Publication Date
7-2020
Journal Title
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
ISSN
1747-1540
DOI
10.1093/jiplp/jpaa088
Abstract
For the past several months, Covid-19 has dominated the intellectual property (IP) debate. Most discussions have focused on the implications of patent protection on access to treatments against the virus and a hopefully soon to be found vaccine. In these remarks, I would like to focus on another Covid-19 crisis making headlines across the world and partially related to IP: millions of workers in the garment industry in developing countries have been fired or furloughed as fashion companies have cancelled orders due to plunging sales since the pandemic’s beginning. Famous Western groups such as Inditex (Zara), C&A, Target, and Marks & Spencer are among the companies involved in this humanitarian crisis.
First Page
489
Last Page
490
Num Pages
2
Volume Number
15
Issue Number
7
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Recommended Citation
Irene Calboli,
Trade mark licensing and Covid-19: why fashion companies have a duty to comply with their legal obligations,
15
J. Intell. Prop. L. & Prac.
489
(2020).
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