The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design

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The music, film, book, and software industries enforce their copyrights against pirates. But in the much larger global fashion industry, copyright does not protect most original apparel designs, and design "piracy" is a way of life. Why are the rules about copying seemingly so different in the fashion industry? And why is there so little apparent effort by the industry to change those rules? About the Speaker: Chris Sprigman teaches intellectual property law, antitrust law, competition policy, and comparative constitutional law at the University of Virgina School of Law. His scholarship focuses on how legal rules affect innovation and the deployment of new technologies. Kal Raustiala holds a joint appointment between the UCLA Law School and the UCLA Program on Global Studies, a multidisciplinary undergraduate program on globalization. He teaches courses on international law and international relations.