if you are a budding clothes designer then you might want to go to the original article at Marginal Revolution where there are some excellent links to further your knowledge and understanding of...
In reply to Dana. ^5^ Caveat: It is less a matter of capital per se than h...
Read this article: Whither Fashion Copyright?
Very interesting read and one that could spark a debate
I can see that MR is fashion clueless on how to protect a design. Here's a hint: Ever wondered why there is a copyrighted Nike Swoosh or why a handbag has a stylized copyrighted Vutton symbol. Ho...
Such a law would result in a loss of US sovereignty to the world government which favors the French who we all know are not mere part of old Europe, but anti-American.... If fashion copyrights we...
I once asked an officer of a high-fashion shop why they don't push for design protection in the USA. I did not think he thought through his response (this was at a conference), he merely said he ...
I wouldn't knock the sniff test argument. Can you i agine the can of worms this would open? Copying fashion is an age old practice, a large proportion of clothing purchased each year would be sub...
In reply to Urso. At least in Chrome, if I hit 'back' the comment is still...
Could it be that copyright in the fashion domain just isn't that important? What's fashionable is in constant flux. The high-end designer does the heavy lifting for this years "fall fashion." Eve...
That’s the title of a post by economist Ed Lopez (pictured left) on Tyler Cowen’s well-loved Marginal Revolution blog. Ed takes a look at proposals to extend copyright to fashion, which ha...
Any answer to this question I could give in a blog comment would be incomplete. I can't give you a legal opinion on this, but it seems to me the basic economic difference is in the nature of the ...