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Just last year, Gucci – along with a number of other well-known luxury perfume makers – scored a similar victory after using the same technique against Spanish company Equivalenza. The ironically named outfit, which was peddling rip-off scents, was found guilty on all three counts; illegal copying of original perfume, unfair competition and business reputation abuse.
— Read more in Perfume makers are fighting back against an illegal fake scent boom at Wired.
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According to Eris’ complaint, which was filed in a New York federal court late last week, since 2017, it has been using the trademark-protected “MX” mark on a “high quality” fragrance created by its founder Barbara Herman and “master perfumer” Antoine Lie. Advertised as “an inclusive fragrance for all genders,” the “MX.” name – pronounced “mix” – is “a play on the mixing process” that Eris used to create the scent, namely the “subtle mixing [of] notes that blur the boundaries between conventional binary ‘his’ and ‘hers’ scents.”
— Eris Parfums sues Urban Outfitters for copying their Mx. fragrance. Read more at Urban Outfitters Slapped With Lawsuit Over Gender-Free Fragrance at The Fashion Law.
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If you’re not a good cook, it might be best to stay out of the kitchen — at least in Italy.
Cooks who allow an unpleasant scent to waft into their neighbor’s windows are now guilty of a crime, the country’s highest court ruled this week, according to a report from The Telegraph.
What’s the crime? “Olfactory molestation,” the Supreme Court of Cassation in Rome ruled.
— Read more at ‘Olfactory molestation’: Italian high court rules that smelly food is a crime at TheBlaze.
Kiss Nails claims that Rihanna’s fragrance, which was released early this year, infringes its numerous trademark registrations for the “KISS” name – some dating back to as early as 1993 – in Class 3, which covers cosmetics, nail care products, and hair tools, among other goods. The company argues that Rihanna’s “Kiss Fragrance has been promoted using the hashtag “#kiss” on Rihanna’s official website, www.rihannanow.com … Rihanna has also promoted the Kiss Fragrance using the hashtag “#kiss” on her personal Instagram, @badgirlriri.”
— Read more at Rihanna in the Middle of Trademark Infringement Lawsuit Over New Fragrance at The Fashion Law.
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A Frenchman is suing his former employers for £280,000 for forcing him to quit his job because the work was 'too boring'. Frederic Desnard, 44, claims four years of menial tasks at a Paris-based perfume company left him 'depressed, destroyed and ashamed'. Mr Desnard claims his 'slow descent into hell' made him leave the firm, blaming his employers for his departure.
— Desnard worked for InterParfums. The French media is calling the syndrome "le bore-out". Read more at Frenchman sues former employers for £280,000 because his job was so BORING it made him depressed and forced him to quit at the Daily Mail.