Fashioning the Early Modern:
Creativity and Innovation in Europe, 1500-1800
Fashion and Intellectual Property Rights:
Past and Present
20 February 2013
Queen Mary, University of London
Charterhouse Square
John Vane Building, David Willoughby Theatre
13:15
Registration
14:00
Welcome and Introduction
Noam Shemtov, Queen Mary, University of London
14.05
Introduction to Keynote Speaker
Professor Spyros Maniatis, Queen Mary, University of London
14:10
Keynote Address
Re-Fashioning Intellectual Property: A Global Perspective
Fordham Law Professor Susan Scafidi, Fashion Law Institute
15:00
Product Designs and Fashionable Lifestyles: Law, Function and
Aesthetism
Uma Suthersanen, Queen Mary, University of London
15:40
Refreshments (The Shield Cafeteria)
16:20
Trade-Marks and Reputation: Fashioning the Name for Innovation in
Early Modern Europe
Evelyn Welch, King’s College, University of London
17:00
On Trade-Marks and Innovation in Fashion Design
Noam Shemtov, Queen Mary, University of London
17:40
Closing Remarks
18.00-20.00
Reception drinks & canapés (all welcome)
Shield Cafeteria
The project “Fashioning the Early Modern: Creativity and Innovation in Europe, 1500-1800” is financially supported by the HERA Joint
Research Programme (www.heranet.info) which is co-funded by AHRC, AKA, DASTI, ETF, FNR, FWF, HAZU, IRCHSS, MHEST, NWO,
RANNIS, RCN, VR and The European Community FP7 2007-2013, under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities programme.