New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/20/2012 -- Wahab & Medenica partner Olivera Medenica has been appointed editor of the newly launched newsletter for the Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. The newsletter will consist of comprehensive articles on an array of developing legal issues affecting federal practitioners, including pieces on past, present, or pending legislation, cases and events, judicial profiles, and new developments. Ms. Medenica aims for the newsletter to promote substantial discussions within the Federal Bar Association community.

With that purpose in mind, Ms. Medenica has also contributed an article to the inaugural edition of the newsletter discussing a trademark dispute currently pending in the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit filed by fashion designer Christian Louboutin against Yves Saint Laurent America asks whether the red soles of Louboutin's shoes are protected under federal trademark law as trade dress, and if so, whether the red soles of Yves Saint Laurent's monochromatic shoes infringe upon that trademark protection. The article explores the legal arguments for each side and the potential impact the decision in Christian Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent America may have on the fashion industry.

Ms. Medenica currently serves as co-chair of the Federal Bar Association's SDNY Chapter Intellectual Property Committee.

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Wahab & Medenica partner Olivera Medenica has organized a fashion and intellectual property law panel to be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. CLE credit is available for NY and NJ.

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/07/2012 -- As co-chair of the Federal Bar Association IP Committee, Wahab & Medenica partner Olivera Medenica has organized a CLE entitled "IP Protection in the Apparel & Fashion Industries: Overcoming Challenges in the Protection of Apparel Brands and Designs" to be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. Sponsored by the New York County Lawyer's Association and New York chapter of the Federal Bar Association, the panel will be at the US Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street in room 850.

The focus of the program is on copyright and trademark protection for fashion brands. It seeks to provide a strong foundation and discussion of current and proposed intellectual property protection for designs, for in-house counsel as well as attorneys representing small, individual designers.

The program will be divided into five segments, each exploring an essential component of that area of the law:

1) Available Protection under Existing Laws;
2) Particular IP Challenges in the Apparel & Fashion Industries;
3) Comparative IP Protection law in the Apparel Industry: United States & Europe;
4) Strategies for Overcoming Shortfalls in Protection Under Existing US Laws;
5) Proposed U.S. Legislation for IP Protection of Apparel & Fashion

Panelists include Frances Hadfield of Grunfeld Desiderio; Barbara Kolsun, the General In-House Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, LLC; Kandis Koustenis, Esq. of Francis Company; and Heather McDonald of Baker & Hostetler LLP.

Attendees must pre-register for the panel here: http://www.nycla.org/index.cfm?section=CLE&page=CLE_Detail&itemID=2622&dateID=20120207
Two hours of MCLE credits are available for either NY or NJ.

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