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On 13 February 2013 18:59, Al Thompson  wrote:

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> On 02/13/2013 09:52 AM, drew Roberts wrote:

>>>

>>>> Somehow fashion designers manage to make what seems to be decent money

>>>> designing original fashions even where they do not get copyright

>>>> protection for their fashion designs.

>>>>

>

> I haven't paid any attention to copyright as it has been applied to

> "fashions" or clothing, but a brief search gives thousands of hits of

> "counterfeit" purses and shoes coming out of China, which are then

> confiscated when they are found at various countries' port of entry.  It

> would seem that somehow those fashions are copyrighted by the designer.

>

That *may* have nothing to do with copyright as much as trademark law

and passing-off / fraud.
Neil

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