Abstract
This article identifies how the current legal system in the United States harms fashion designers and the art they produce. It explains how fashion as an industry lacks a system of law that best fits the issues posed by design theft due to fast fashion. Fast fashion companies, through modern technology, are able to reproduce stolen designs with haste. Currently, there are a few notable cases that have spawned from design theft, but their verdicts may be limited in their ability to change policy or raise significant legal issues. This article analyzes both current federal enforcement mechanisms and design practices in the European Union. Compared to available protections in the United States, European Union protections are more robust, but are still lacking when it comes to clarity. By combining the best of international protection and scholarly recommendations, this article contends that there is a necessity for a tailored set of laws that establish and maintain the unique industry that is fashion, both in the United States and beyond.
Recommended Citation
Imaad Huda,
TAILORING THE LAW: PROTECTING FASHION IN THE FUTURE,
20 Wash. J. L. Tech. & Arts
(2025).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol20/iss3/3
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