WWD Law Review: Trump’s Impending Deposition and Influencer Rules

WWD Law Review: Trump's Impending Deposition and Influencer Rules James Fallon The legal battle between Ivanka Trump and Aquazzura has not only not been settled, it is on the court's calendar for trial and the first daughter herself is expected to be deposed any day now in connection with the trademark and design patent infringement case. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission has held that Instagram might not actually be helping its users to clearly disclose their paid-for partnerships. Finally, there are some legal implications to the recent resurgence of logo-mania. A Trump-ed Up Trial Following a ruling early this summer that Ivanka Trump must testify under oath – by way of a deposition – in the lawsuit that Aquazzura filed against her fashion brand, this legal battle is alive, well, and has a trial date. As of this past week, Judge Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York put a March 2018 date on the court's calendar for the start of the Aquazzura v. Trump case. That is if, of course, the case makes it that far. More often than not, lawsuits — intellectual property in nature or otherwise — tend to settle ahead of trial. Yet it has been over a year since Aquazzura founder Edgardo Osorio's counsel filed suit against Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Read More... Fashion 3