{"product_id":"the-intellectual-property-of-textiles-nuno-pires-de-carvalho-9789403537849","title":"The Intellectual Property of Textiles and Fashion: From the Medieval Loom to the New York Fashion Week: A Sourcebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eRampant global counterfeiting has led the fashion industry to seek ever greater enforcement of its intellectual property (IP) rights. Yet, as this hugely informative book shows, this is not new. Fashion designers and entrepreneurs, as well as manufacturers and tradespeople in the broader textiles industry from which fashion springs, have always struggled to convert existing IP rules to an industry that was--and is--configured by the pressure of intrinsically fleeting consumer tastes and trends. The distinguished author, adding to the series of major works that have made him a leading authority on IP law, triumphantly reveals in great detail how society has constructed IP in association with textiles so as to accommodate it to the particular characteristics of fashion that emerged in the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore than two hundred sources, many of them for the first time available in English, illustrated with fifty figures, allow the reader to directly encounter those who have made and continue to make the IP of textiles and fashion. The underlying \u003cem\u003eraisons d'黎re\u003c\/em\u003e of such aspects as the following become brilliantly clear: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow fashion designers protect their creations against the spread of knock-offs;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow fashion entrepreneurs appropriate prestige and reputation;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow an iconic design becomes a brand or acquires secondary meaning; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow such inventions as the sewing machine and the cotton gin affected IP rights in textiles and fashion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach source is preceded by a note placing it in its social, economic, and legal context. The sources are structured in two chapters (business identifiers--trade and certification marks, geographical indications--and appropriation of knowledge and creativity--patents, designs, copyright, and trade secrets) so as to permit an easy understanding of the enchainment of important moments that have contributed to give IP for textiles and fashion its special configuration, in particular the transition from textile law to fashion law.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this book, listening directly to the voices of those who have made and make IP, academics, students, magistrates, professionals, and the legal community as a whole will have a clear and realistic sense of how the combination of the entrepreneurial spirit with the imperatives of human consumption has designed and continues designing the special scope and limits of IP as applied to textiles and fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nuno Pires de Carvalho\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9403537841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789403537849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kluwer Law International\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Nuno Pires de Carvalho","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44127952339199,"sku":"9789403537849","price":164.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce55911f-3519-4491-845a-98db8304cd24.jpg?v=1687456127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-intellectual-property-of-textiles-nuno-pires-de-carvalho-9789403537849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}