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Posted by James Ivey on November 10, 2003 at 17:03:32:

In Reply to: help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! posted by nikki buffkin/brittany eidson on November 02, 2003 at 16:47:54:

Unless your clothes have non-obvious and new functional designs, utility patents won't help (this is the patent forum).

For ornamental designs, you might consider design patents. I've seen a number of design patents on soles and uppers of athletic shoes. They might be useful for protected ornamental clothes designs too.

You might try posting your comment/question on the copyright forum. I don't practice copyright law, but it doesn't seem like an unreasonable argument to analogize clothes to sculptures and/or mixed media art which are both protectable by copyright.

Good luck! (just one exclamation point... sorry). ;-)

Regards.

: me and my sister has delicious ideas for our own clothing line!!!!!!!!!!(but we don't know where to go after drawing them)

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: Unless your clothes have non-obvious and new functional designs, utility patents won't help (this is the patent forum). : For ornamental designs, you might consider design patents. I've seen a number of design patents on soles and uppers of athletic shoes. They might be useful for protected ornamental clothes designs too. : You might try posting your comment/question on the copyright forum. I don't practice copyright law, but it doesn't seem like an unreasonable argument to analogize clothes to sculptures and/or mixed media art which are both protectable by copyright. : Good luck! (just one exclamation point... sorry). ;-) : Regards. : : : me and my sister has delicious ideas for our own clothing line!!!!!!!!!!(but we don't know where to go after drawing them)

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