I love to see niche blogs about interesting topics. The other day I stumbled across the Fashion Law Blog. Great use of a blog to expand one’s practice area and establish a niche. I’d love to see the authors - Klein & Wilson - dissect actual cases of design poaching and solutions - like how designer Nicole Dreyfuss (daughter of IP prof Rochelle Dreyfuss) succeeded in persuading Abercrombie to compensate her for copying Dreyfuss’ purse design. There’s lots of room there for solid, practical content as well as historical & international examples. I look forward to seeing the authors discuss some interesting topics.
Most fashion - at least in the United States - is not susceptible to copyright, or other intellectual property, protection. Non-functional details, like the Adidas 3-stripe adornments, may be protectible as trade dress.* Trademark law protects logos and trademarks affixed to garments and other wearable accessories (although it must be noted that trademark counterfeiting is a huge business - large fashion houses that produce luxury products have only been moderately successful in policing their marks from use in the counterfeit & knockoff business).
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