Hello!
I’m looking for the answer on fashion copycat.
One day I hear that fashion has very little intellectual property protection, it has trademark protection, but NO COPYRIGHT protection and no pattern protection. It means that anybody can copy any garment and sell it as their own design. This is because fashion is too utilitarian to qualify for copyright protection.
Another day I see low budget fashion store taking the gloves off the floor because they copied design too much??? Apparently you can copy but you need to change at least one thing on the design (add one button more...etc).
Confused...
Can anybody explain this please to me? Which of these two statements is true?
Thank youuuuuuu, I appreciate!
Tags: Copy, copyright, Design, fashion, protection, Yes