Laws and Regulations

The Scottish government issued a report on alcohol branding, and weighed legislation that could ban any branding in an effort to reduce the "attractiveness" of alcohol. This means branded drinkware, apparel and other ways breweries and distillers market themselves in Scotland.

Former One Direction star Harry Styles is suing counterfeiters listing branded merchandise on platforms like Etsy and Amazon without his approval. According to Billboard, Styles filed a lawsuit earlier this week in Chicago federal court against online sellers violating his intellectual property rights.

The court case between Adidas and designer brand Thom Browne reached Manhattans's Southern District Court yesterday, where it will be decided whether Thom Browne infringed on Adidas' iconic three-stripe motif with its own horizontal stripe design. Adidas is seeking damages of $867,225, which it claims is the amount it would have made in licensing fees…

H&M just launched a line of licensed merchandise featuring Justin Bieber's likeness and lyrics. With one of the most famous names and faces in entertainment, it's a pretty safe bet for H&M. The problem is that Bieber himself is saying that he didn't approve the merchandise.

A former Tokyo Olympics executive is being accused of accepting bribes from a company that sold officially licensed toys of the Tokyo 2020 mascots. https://twitter.com/pnagovph/status/1581828948601683968 According to the Japan Times, Haruyuki Takahashi allegedly received 8 million yen (about $53,700) from stuffed toy company Sun Arrow. This would be his fourth bribery case, having already been…

Peloton lost its lawsuit seeking a court declaration that it did not infringe on Lululemon's intellectual property. After counter-suing Lululemon, a court dismissed Peloton's claim that it did not infringe on Lululemon's intellectual property.

The U.K. government has fined Scottish professional soccer team Rangers F.C., along with sporting goods company Elite Sports and retail brand JD Sports, for price fixing. According to a release from the U.K. government, the Competition and Markets Authority found that Elite Sports and JD Sports "broke competition law by fixing the retail prices of…

The Biden Administration announced this morning that rail workers' unions and railroads have struck a tentative deal after 20 hours of negotiations, thus avoiding a potential national rail strike that would have further hamstrung the supply chain.

Two major rail workers' unions are at the negotiating table for better contracts, with the possibility of a rail strike looming on Friday, Sept. 16. If the parties can't agree by then, it's possible that the government steps in. But, what can they do, and what does it mean for the workers?

Fire departments in North Carolina and New York are warning community members about T-shirt scams. The Rockingham Fire Department in Rockingham, North Carolina, said scammers are selling T-shirts or asking for donations to the department via text message, according to the Richmond Observer. "If you get any kind of information in a text or email…