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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2025

Edited by
David Tan ,
Jeanne Fromer  and
Dev Gangjee
David Tan
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Jeanne Fromer
Affiliation:
New York University
Dev Gangjee
Affiliation:
University of Oxford

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Fashion and Intellectual Property , pp. xxx - xxxii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025
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Abbreviations

ACIP

Australian Council for Intellectual Property

ATMO

Australian Trade Marks Office

AUCL

Anti-Unfair Competition Law

CDPA

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK)

CFR

European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights

CIP

crafts and industrial products

CJEU

Court of Justice of the European Union

CNIPA

China National Intellectual Property Administration

CPC

Cooperative Patent Classification

DMCA

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

EUGC

European Union General Court

EUIPO

European Union Intellectual Property Office

EUTMDR

European Union Trade Mark Delegated Regulation

EUTMIR

European Union Trade Mark Implementing Regulation

EUTMR

European Union Trade Mark Regulation

GI

geographical indication

IP

intellectual property

ISD

Information Society Directive

LV

Louis Vuitton

MMORPG

multiplayer online role-playing game

MSME

micro, small and medium enterprise

NFT

non-fungible token

NGO

non-governmental organisation

NTTM

non-traditional trade mark

OHIM

Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market

oriGIn

Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network

PSCP

parody, satire, caricature and pastiche

RCD

registered community design

RMB

Renminbi

SPC

Supreme People’s Court

SUD

supplementary unregistered design right

TMD

Trade Mark Directive

TRAB

Trademark Review and Adjudication Board

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UCD

unregistered community design right

UKIPO

United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

VCA

Van Cleef & Arpels

WCT

WIPO Copyright Treaty

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WOAC

works of artistic craftsmanship

WTO

World Trade Organization

XR

extended reality

YSL

Yves Saint Laurent

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