Lessons from fashion's free culture

With Natalie Nixon, I explain what "fashion thinking" is and how it can inform innovation for a broad range of consumer products and services.

Duke Law Professor Jennifer Jenkins and intellectual property lawyer Christine Cox explore the relationship between fashion and various US intellectual property regimes, examining why fashion design generally is not protectable under copyright, design patent, trademark or trade dress.

Two scholars examine the subtle yet effective way the fashion community regulates copying, in contrast to the dense copyright protection and brute legal force that characterize the music industry.