Gabriele Goldaper has over 45 years experience in the Fashion, Garment, Textile Industry, as a retailer, manufacturer, consultant, and college instructor. Ms. Goldaper is a perceptive and articulate Expert Witness who has been involved in more than150+ Apparel Industry Legal Disputes. She has been deposed and testified in bench and jury trials and arbitrations, for both defendants and plaintiffs.
Ms. Goldaper has owned her own clothing manufacturing company and has held key executive positions in major public and private companies in Southern California. She has been a Management Consultant to over 200 new, failing or growing apparel companies, and completed assignments for USAID in Romania, Egypt, El Salvador, Moscow, Thailand and Bulgaria as an apparel expert.
Ms. Goldaper is a 30-year member of the faculty at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
Areas of Expertise Include:
- Copyright Infringement and Trademark Cases
- Opinions on Originality and Substantial Similarity
- Fabric/Print Design, and Origin Issues
- Garment Construction and Design issues
- Customs, Practices and Operations of Clothing Business
- Financial Conditions, Valuations and Financial Matters
- Issues with Manufacturing Contractors/Factories: Domestic and Off-Shore
- Wholesale Distribution to Retailers and Internet Sales
- Quality Standards/Specifications used in Production of Garments
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