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In Vogue: IP Protection for Fashion Design

Copyright World

April 10, 2007

Written by Lisa Pearson

Existing copyright protections for fashion designs are in many ways stronger than the copyright bill introduced by the US House of Representatives last year, which is just as well considering that Congress ended without a vote on the bill. However, while designers have had some success in protecting key elements of designs, the current available IP  laws have failed to protect fashion designers from wholesale "knock-off" copies.

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Lisa Pearson

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