Fashion
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Phillips Nizer Welcomes Natsayi Mawere to Its Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices06/17/2026
New York, NY — June 2026 — Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Natsayi Mawere has joined the firm as a Partner in its Litigation and Intellectual Property Practices.
Natsayi focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with a particular concentration in the luxury, fashion, and financial sectors. She represents clients in a business disputes including trademark and trade dress matters, consumer protection and consumer fraud claims, lender liability disputes, contractual controversies, garnishments, and other discovery-intensive litigation. -
Alan Behr Appointed to New York City Bar Association’s Entertainment Law Committee07/28/2025
Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Alan Behr, Partner and Chair of the firm’s Fashion, Entertainment & Intellectual Property Law practices, has been appointed as an affiliate member of the Entertainment Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association.
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Phillips Nizer Attorneys Recognized as 2025 IP STARS by Managing IP06/04/2025
Phillips Nizer is proud to announce that Alan Behr and Charles LaPolla have been named 2025 IP STARS by Managing Intellectual Property, a leading global resource for IP practitioner rankings and analysis.
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Phillips Nizer's Fashion Law Practice Holds Annual Fashion Law Interest Group Meeting in San Diego, CA
05/28/2025Phillips Nizer LLP's Fashion & Luxury Goods Practice again hosted the annual the international Fashion Law Interest Group Meeting in San Diego, California. The much-anticipated event is an invitation-only meeting of leading fashion law experts from around the world.
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Alan Behr, Charles LaPolla attended the 2025 INTA Annual meeting in San Diego, CA on May 17.05/28/2025
Phillips Nizer LLP is proud to share that partners Alan Behr and Charles LaPolla attended the 2025 International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting, held May 17–21 in San Diego, California.
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Litigation Victory: Phillips Nizer Wins Appeal for Breach of Executive Search Agreements On January 14, 2025, the Appellate Division01/22/2025
First Department affirmed that the lower court correctly granted our client, a real estate executive search firm, against its customer, which owns, develops, manages and brands hotels, residential and mixed-use projects.
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Alan Behr Appointed to Serve On The Fashion Law Committee As An Affiliate Member of The New York City Bar11/05/2024
Alan Behr has been reappointed to serve as a member of The Fashion Law Committee of The New York City Bar. Mr. Behr, who chairs the Fashion Practice at Phillips Nizer and serves as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property and Corporate practices, has served as an active member of the Bar Association’s Fashion Law Committee and Entertainment Law Committee for the past several years.
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Alan Behr, Charles LaPolla, and Barry Fishkin to attend the 2024 INTA Annual meeting in Atlanta, GA on May 18th.04/30/2024
Phillips Nizer partners, Alan Behr, and Charles LaPolla, and senior counsel Barry Fishkin from the firms Fashion Law, Intellectual Properties and Trademark practice groups, will be attending, the 2024 INTA Annual meeting in Atlanta, GA on May 18th.
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Phillips Nizer’s Alan Behr Selected by World Trademark Review as Top Trademark Lawyer for 202307/21/2023
Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Alan Behr, Chair of Phillips Nizer’s Fashion Practice, was selected as a top attorney in The World Trademark Review’s 2023 rankings of Top 1000 lawyers for their work. Mr. Behr was recognized in the categories: Prosecution and Strategy, Silver and Enforcement & Litigation, Bronze.
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Phillips Nizer Selected by World Trademark Review as Top Trademark Firm for 202307/21/2023
Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce its selection as a top trademark firm in The World Trademark Review’s 2023 rankings of Top 1000 firms. The firm was recognized in the categories: Prosecution and Strategy, Bronze Level and Enforcement & Litigation, Bronze Level.
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Phillips Nizer’s IP Group Hosted Event On IP Fashion Law Updates Among International Lawyers at Raffles Singapore on May 1706/13/2023
On May 17, Alan Behr, Partner and Chair, Phillips Nizer IP Fashion Group, hosted a discussion on intellectual property law among an esteemed group of international attorneys who gathered for traditional afternoon tea in the Tiffin Room at the legendary Raffles Singapore. The event was held during the 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
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Fashion Industry Blog Post - Dealing With Trademarks In The Metaverse - Hermes Wins MetaBirkins Lawsuit05/17/2023
As has been reported, the luxury design house of Hermès has prevailed in its trademark infringement lawsuit against the artist Mason Rothschild over his “MetaBirkins” NFT project, providing much-needed guidance on how to find a balance between trademark protection under the Lanham Act and artistic freedom of expression guaranteed by the First Amendment.
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Phillips Nizer's Fashion Law Practice Holds Annual Fashion Law Interest Group Meeting in Washington, DC05/05/2022
Phillips Nizer's Fashion Law practice held its annual Fashion Law Interest Group Meeting in Washington, DC at the Hay Adams Hotel. The group's attendees include outside counsel representing fashion designers, luxury apparel and accessories companies and retailers, in-house counsel and retail executives.
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Fashion Industry Law Blog Post - NFTs and Birkin Bags You Kind of Just Look At (Virtually)04/01/2022 | Fashion Industry Law Blog
A lawsuit involving fashion and NFTs that is now in its early stages may help clarify what the law will consider an NFT to be. The case, Hermès v. Mason Rothschild, 22 cv 983 (S.D.N.Y.), was recently filed by Hermès International and an affiliate to halt the marketing and sale of NFTs of images of the brand’s signature Birkin handbag.
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Upcoming Special Event - Phillips Nizer hosts American retailer Paul Stuart on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 for a lunch presentation and trunk show. RSVPs required for the lunch and/or to schedule a personal fitting. | Details and Registration04/05/2019
Phillips Nizer is pleased to host Paul Stuart, Inc., the American fashion brand, on Tuesday, April 16th at the firm's New York City office for a lunch presentation and trunk show.
Lunch Presentation: 12:30 PM
Trunk Show: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM*
RSVPs required for the lunch and/or to schedule a *personal fitting by April 15th to: events@phillipsnizer.com
Paul Stuart offers fashions for men and women, and they will be showcasing customLAB, the latest innovation in made to measure suiting for men, and their Spring 2019 women's collection. -
Accolade - Alan Behr, Chair of the Fashion Law Practice, and Monica McCabe, Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Practice, selected to the World Trademark Review 2019 (WTR 1000), annual ranking of trademark professionals worldwide. | Read here02/04/2019 | World Trademark Review
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Phillips Nizer colleagues Alan Behr and Monica McCabe both receive great feedback from the market: “Alan is hugely efficient in prosecution as well as in contentious matters and is especially effective in fashion and design cases.” “He has strong European ties, is very easy to communicate with and can move matters forward very fast.” “Extremely quick on her feet, Monica can handle a heavy workload with the utmost professionalism and an eye for detail. That she cares deeply about her clients really shows.” Behr chairs the firm’s fashion practice, while McCabe leads the IP group.
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Media - Alan Behr, Chair of the Fashion Practice, comments on New York City's new rezoning plan of the historic Garment District | Read the article01/17/2019 | The Commercial Observer
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U.S. News - BestLawyers® (2019)08/15/2018
Best Lawyers® recognized Alan Behr, Helene M. Freeman, Michael W. Galligan, Donald P. Perry, Evan J. Spelfogel, Martin B. Wasser and Elliot J. Wiener.
