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Product Liability

Oct. 6, 2006

Fashion Designers Deserve More Legal Protection

FORUM COLUMN - By Michael Heimbold and Dylan Ruga - For clothing designers, H.R. 5055 is the best thing to happen to the American fashion industry since the bikini.


Forum Column

By Michael Heimbold and Dylan Ruga

     
      For clothing designers, H.R. 5055 is the best thing to happen to the American fashion industry since the bikini. The bill, which is pending in the House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, would amend the Copyright Act to provide protection for fashion designs and allow designers to recover increased damag...

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