Milton Springut shares his vast knowledge of intellectual property law and its intrinsic relationship with fashion. He provides advice for entrepreneurs to consider as they begin their businesses, and offers perspective on the legal situation, specifically leases, most retailers are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Milton is an intellectual property (what he calls Creativity Law® ) lawyer and founding partner of Springut Law PC. He helps businesses and individuals protect their creativity from the copying and commoditization of their patent, design patent, copyright, trademark, and trade dress rights, and develop strategies to defend these IP rights including through litigation. He was selected as a Super Lawyer in the field of intellectual property litigation and rated by Martindale-Hubbell as an AV Preeminent® lawyer, its highest rating.

More specifically, Milton prosecutes and litigates patents in the scientific disciplines, including electrical and electronic systems, computer hardware and software, and business systems, drawing on his great experience at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he developed computer hardware and software systems.

During Milton’s professional career, he has been counsel in numerous patent, trade secret, and computer law litigations. His experience encompasses a broad range of technologies including computer processors and related hardware and software, mobile payments, electronic commerce, telephony, security systems, video systems, medical devices, and financial services systems.

In over 25 years of practice, Milton has earned a reputation as one of the country’s most skilled litigators of trademark, counterfeiting, and gray goods cases, representing the world’s top luxury brands and international fashion houses.

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Hosted by: Christopher Lacy, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design

Produced by: Joshua Williams, Assistant Professor, Parsons School of Design

Executive Producer: Fashion Consort

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