<P> Admission to shows at New York Fashion Week is typically in the form of accreditation, with specific events by invitation only . </P> <P> In spite of CFDA's claim to run the "official" New York Fashion Week calendar, and as further purported by publications such as Women's Wear Daily, it has been pointed out in publications such as The Fashion Law that CFDA has "little, in any, legal rights in the NYFW name". Therefore, trademark rights remain unclear, at best . </P> <P> In 2013 Fashion Week Inc., founded by Trisha Paravas, registered the trademarks "New York Fashion Week," "NYFW", and "NYFW The Runway Shows" to use in conjunction with the production of its consumer - based fashion shows . On June 28, 2016 Fashion Week Inc. filed a lawsuit for $10 million against CFDA and WME - IMG for trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, false designation of origin, dilution, and unfair competition . </P> <P> On August 12, 2016, the court denied Fashion Week Inc.'s motion for a preliminary injunction . Judge Koeltl held that CFDA and WME - IMG made "a persuasive argument that the terms' New York Fashion Week' and NYFW have been associated with them and not with (Fashion Week Inc .) who has attempted to cash in on the decades of publicity for New York Fashion Week that (Fashion Week Inc .) had nothing to do with ." The court also noted that "the evidence shows that (Fashion Week Inc .) produced at most two shows while using the trademark' New York Fashion Week', and has produced no shows since registering NYFW in December 2015 ." </P>

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