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Clothing Design Patents

<– The "Frau Blucher" <– The "Rosie the Riveter" <– The "Marian the Librarian" Here are a few clothing design patents from the mid 1940s. Not exactly stylish by today’s standards, but hey, there was a war on. As I … Continue reading

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Fashion Designers Look to Copyright, Not Design Patents

An article in today’s New York Times discusses the growing threat that high-end fashion designers face from low-cost imitations of their most popular clothing designs. Their industry trade group is lobbying Congress to extend copyright design to clothing. Copyright already … Continue reading

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