Our Researcher:
Dr. Eleonora Rosati
A member of Glion’s Visiting Faculty, Dr. Eleonora Rosati is also Full Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Stockholm University and Of Counsel at Bird & Bird.
She holds guest/visiting positions at several other institutions, including Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Queen Mary University of London, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, CEIPI-Université de Strasbourg, Trinity College Dublin, EDHEC Business School, and Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law – University of Cambridge.
Eleonora is Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press), long-standing contributor to and editor of The IPKat, and Co-Founder of Fashion Law London.
The author of several scholarly articles and books on IP issues, including – most recently – Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Oxford University Press:2023, 2nd edn) and Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Article-by-Article Commentary to the Provisions of Directive 2019/790 (Oxford University Press:2021), Eleonora regularly prepares technical briefings and expert opinions and delivers talks at the request of inter alia international organizations and EU institutions and agencies, as well as national governments and professional bodies and organizations.
She has received multiple accolades and prizes for her work in the IP field and has been featured in prominent media outlets, including inter alia The New York Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, CNN, BBC, and Politico.
Currently published research project: Rosati, E. (2025). The handbook of fashion law (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.” https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-handbook-of-fashion-law-9780198938897?prevNumResPerPage=20&prevSortField=1&sortField=8&resultsPerPage=20&start=0&lang=en&cc=it
Over the past few years, ‘fashion law’ has emerged as a vibrant field of inquiry. The legal and policy issues affecting the fashion sector have been investigated with increasing intensity, while a growing number of private practice lawyers and in-house counsel regard themselves as practising fashion law. But what is fashion law? And what are the specific legal challenges facing the fashion sector, as well as related solutions? The Handbook of Fashion Law seeks to answer these questions by bringing together multiple voices, approaches, and jurisdictions.
Its contributions are organized into four thematic areas. Part I considers the legal infrastructure of the fashion and luxury industries, addressing issues related to intellectual property (IP) as well as the demands of the circular economy, protection of cultural heritage, and freedom of expression and information. Part II maps the IP dimensions of fashion by reviewing the application of design rights, copyright, trade marks, geographical indications, plant variety rights, and trade secrets. Part III analyses specific contractual issues arising in the fashion sector. It examines the application of principles and rules found in regulatory frameworks, including those governing advertising, competition, consumer, and tax laws. Finally, Part IV dissects and evaluates the role of new and emerging technologies in the fashion sector from a legal perspective. It considers concepts such as e-commerce, 3D printing, counterfeiting, artificial intelligence, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse, gaming, and wearable technology.
The Handbook of Fashion Law offers readers a multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional understanding of legal challenges facing the fashion sector. Bringing together a diverse range of experts, its contributions offer readers an in-depth, critical, and strategic understanding of the fashion industry’s legal intricacies.