IPR In Fashion Industry

Introduction

Fashion design is a form of art dedicated to the creation of clothing and other lifestyle accessories. To work as a designer, one must possess an artistic and creative personality. Fashion designers have a good visual imagination and put their ideas into garments. Fashion designers should not only show their interest in learning new things, reading magazines, journals and books on fashion design history and new trends. They need to be aware of the fashion market requirements such as protecting their Intellectual Property (IP). IP is the result of applying your mind or intellect to create something new or original. The fashion industry is an IP intensive industry, continually generating and commercially exploiting creative ideas and innovation.¹