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Understanding the Relevance of IPR in the Fashion Industry

IP and Legal Filings

More specifically, in India, the design act, 2000 protects designs that feature shapes, patterns, ornaments, or compositions of lines or colors applied to any article in two or three-dimensional forms. Under the copyright act in India, an artist may protect an “original artistic work” if it is expressed in a tangible medium for over 60 years.

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IPR and the World of Fashion

IIPRD

Piracy may be defined as the unauthorized and illegal reproduction or distribution of materials protected by copyright, patent, or trademark law which is capable of eating up the whole industry slowly and steadily. Protection under the Designs Act, 2000. Piracy and Fashion Design. Iqbal Singh Chawla&Ors. ,

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Fashion Imitations and Legal Threads: Navigating Intellectual Property Rights in India

IIPRD

Intellectual property rights protection to the fashion industry Trademark Act: Trademark Act plays a significant role in preserving a brand’s legitimacy and integrity, which is advantageous for the industry. However, the protection of fashion designs by trademark law is not perfected.

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USC IP year in review, TM/ROP

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Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Professor Alexandra Roberts has written an excellent recent article on this, Trademark Failure to Function.

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