With Halloween just around the corner, it can be fun to get
spooked. However, when it comes to trademark protection, you
don't want to be. Annerie Beentje discusses what the Labubu vs
Lafufu disputes reveal about how to properly protect your product
from becoming an infringement horror story.
Halloween is coming again, a day, or should I say night, where
people dress up as mummies, skeletons, witches and monsters.
Children go door to door, frightened by spiderwebs, fluttering bats
and wailing ghosts. However, the treat that follows – severed
chocolate fingers or spider-shaped cupcakes – is more than
worth the fright.
The fascination with the combination of scary and fun is also
reflected in the latest craze: the Labubu. At first glance, a cute,
cuddly toy, but upon closer inspection the Labubu reveals its
pointy teeth in a creepy grin. The toy is the creation of Kasing
Lung, an illustrator from Hong Kong who came to the Netherlands as
a child. Eager to better
