Bridal designer Hayley Paige Gutman and her former employer JLM Couture have battled in court for the past few years and now have settled.
company has given the designer the rights to the “Hayley Paige” name and social media accounts. This also paves the way for her to return to designing wedding gowns and returning to the bridal industry. With a million-plus followers onand Pinterest, the designer had used those mediums — albeit under different names — to periodically air her legal woes, just as she had used them to attract shoppers.
In a statement issued by her attorneys at Haynes and Boone, Gutman said, “I’m truly relieved that there has been a respectful resolve for all parties and most certainly wish my former employer and opposing counsel well.” The resolution was a few years in the making for the bridal designer, who filmed her Instagram video against a grid-like backdrop of 50-plus sketches of wedding dresses. She and JLM Couture had been warring since 2020 in the courts. In January, the Second Circuit Court rejected a six-factor social media account ownership test and vacated a preliminary injunction that had awarded JLM control of her social media accounts.
After a Second District Court decision in May of this year, Gutman once again retained sole control of her social media accounts. In 2021, the designer had been sidelined from competing with JLM until the end of her contract, or using “Hayley Paige” in advertising. Earlier this year a federal court decision determined that Gutman would have to wait out that noncompete through the end of 2025. But last week’s settlement has lifted that and Gutman can get back into the bridal industry now.. We use vendors that may also process your information to help provide our services.
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