Intellectual Property
Aug. 10, 2011
Congress has designs for piracy prevention legislation
The fashion world's anxious anticipation for a law that will protect their designs may soon come to an end. By Robert Darwell and Ted Max of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Fashion designers are often irritated when their designs have been critically acclaimed on the runway, but do not achieve retail success. Similarly, proponents of the proposed Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act and other design piracy bills have been repeatedly frustrated because these bills, introduced in Congress in numerous variations, have never been voted on before the entire Senate or House. The fashion worl...
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