Handbags at Dawn: one week to go

She's absolutely certain that you've not forgotten, but Fashionista is just reminding you anyway -- Handbags at Dawn: protecting your clients and their designs , the 2009 version of CLT's annual one-day conference on intellectual property in the fashion industry, takes place next Tuesday, 22 September, in the lovely old Pru building on High Holborn. Two members of the Fashionista-at-Law blogging team will be there: Anoushka Der Kureghian speaks on brand clearance, while Jeremy Phillips is in the chair. We do hope we'll see you there, since it will give us a great chance to meet some of our readers and to listen to what they have to say.

Full programme and booking details can be found here.

IP in the Fashion Industry

The programme for this year's annual handbags-at-dawn conference, "Intellectual Property in the Fashion Industry", has now been published by event organisers CLT. Quite a few of Fashionista's more savvy friends are in the cast, not to mention Fashionista herself. The event, held in association with this weblog, takes place on 22 September 2009 in London, at a venue which the organisers are cunningly keeping under wraps in order to create a tantalising aura of mystery. There's also a special BOGOF promotion ("book one, get one free") too, so you can bring a friend.

Topics covered during the day include industry-specific updates on the relevant IP rights, the perennially vital issue of brand clearance plus features on distribution networks, valuation and securitisation of fashion IP assets.

You can download the programme in glorious technicolour here, or cut straight to the registration form online here.