TFL Biannual Report: H1 2025

During the first half of this year, a number of developments in existing fashion, retail, and tech lawsuits stood out in the crowded landscape of litigation because they indicate larger trends within these spaces and underscore issues worth keeping an eye on during the rest of 2025. Among these are developments in a number of key cases, with one of the most momentous coming in the form of a sweeping injunction awarded to Chanel in the trademark case that it waged against luxury goods reseller What Goes Around Comes Around. At the same time, interesting developments came on the customization front, in cases involving dupes, and in a lawsuit that pits one ultra-fast fashion giant (Shein) against another (Temu).

Against that background, we have compiled a report that highlights some of the many interesting and notable lawsuits and legal developments that we saw in the first half of 2025, and what cases we will be watching during the rest of the year …