1st Edition
Protecting Creativity in Fashion Design US Laws, EU Design Rights, and Other Dimensions of Protection
List of Figures
Table of Cases
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Introduction to the Fashion Business: Global Industry, Unclear Rules
2 Creativity, Authorship, Design, and IP Law
3 US IP Law: Vibrant Industry with Little Legal Protection?
4 European Design Rights: The Perfect Solution?
5 Harmonization and Its Opposite (Brexit)
6 Beyond Intellectual Property: Other Dimensions of Protections for Fashion Design
Index
Biography
Susanna Monseau is a Professor at the College of New Jersey. Before becoming an academic, she was as an intellectual property litigator at law firms in London, UK, and Philadelphia and Princeton, US. Her research interests relate to the role of US and European intellectual property laws in technology and fashion. Her scholarship has been published in a range of law journals. She has also written a book, Law, Technology, and the Future of Business. Ms. Monseau received a Fulbright award for 2022–23 to conduct research in Finland on how intellectual property laws can help create a more sustainable textiles industry.
