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Copyright And The Fashion Industry, Victoria R. Watkins
Copyright And The Fashion Industry, Victoria R. Watkins
Victoria R Watkins
This paper seeks to discuss the relationship, or lack there of, between copyrights and the fashion industry. Although fashion designs are works of authorship, and comply with originality requirements of ยง 102 of the Copyright Act, the structure and nature of the industry do not compel the need for this protection, enabling it to run efficiently without it. In order to prove the stated claim, the article will examine the history of the industry, case law, other scholarly writings and current trends in the market.