Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.2033 Design Piracy Prohibition Act

Warring fashion associations fail to compromise on copyright ...

2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

Womenâ€™s Wear Daily is reporting that the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the Council of Fashion Designers of America have failed to meet a compromise on legislative language that would amend HR 2033, a bill that would ...

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Is Congress promoting the progress of science and the useful arts?

2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

However, in the fashion industry, Congress (unlike its counterparts in the EU) has resisted providing designers with any protection for their designs. However, that could change if HR 2033 is enacted into law. Something that looks more ...

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Thanks for the help, PTO

2008-02-28T00:00:00Z

... one hour chat is: â€œonce you go to an attorney, how do you protect your idea from them?â€ Funny. I asked a question Iâ€™ve been curious about for a while:. question2.jpg. Interesting. I wonder how this factored in to HR 2033 and S. 1957.

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5 reasons patents are worthless and more

2008-02-27T00:00:00Z

Last in fashion IP news, the battle over the proposed Design Piracy Prohibition Act aka HR 2033, plods forward. Katherine Whistler sends an entry from William Patry's blog. Patry, who has training and background in fashion design but is ...

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Fashion Design

2008-02-20T00:00:00Z

HR 2033, which is identical to a proposal introduced by Goodlatte in 2006, would amend Chapter 13 of the Copyright Act, to provide a three-year window of protection for fashion designs. A similar bill, S. 1957, was introduced by Sens. ...

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Scope of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (S. 1957 HR 2033)

2008-02-19T00:00:00Z

Yesterday Dirk wrote about the testimony of Narcisco Rodriquez in support of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act. Steve Maiman, co-owner of Stony Apparel Corp. testified on behalf of those in the industry who oppose the bill. ...

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House Judiciary contemplates protecting fashion designs and ...

2008-02-16T00:00:00Z

A bill to protect fashion designs, HR 2033, has already been introduced in the House. Weâ€™ve written about it here, here and here, but this bill would prevent designers from making garments and accessories that look the same or ...

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House Judiciary contemplates protecting fashion designs and ...

2008-02-16T00:00:00Z

Yesterday's Design Hearing in the House

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

There was a hearing yesterday in the US Congress, in the House IP Subcommittee on HR 2033, the "Design Piracy Prohibition Act." The title of the hearing was "Are Special Provisions Needed to Protect Unique Industries? ...

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Yesterday's Design Hearing in the House

2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

my fair lady

2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

Just when you thought the fashion flock had moved on to London, Milan, and Paris, the focus is back stateside â€” at least as far as the law is concerned. Tomorrow Congress will once again take up consideration of HR 2033, the Design ...

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Washington Fashion Week: The Design Piracy Prohibition Act

2008-02-14T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow Congress will once again take up consideration of HR 2033, the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, with the extraordinarily talented (and constantly copied) designer Narciso Rodriguez as star witness. ...

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Washington Fashion Week: The Design Piracy Prohibition Act

2008-02-13T00:00:00Z

Copyright in fashion design?

2008-01-15T00:00:00Z

The Design Piracy Prohibition Act (HR 2033 and S. 1957) pending before Congress would provide three years of design protection to fashion designs. Interestingly, the Act requires the Register of Copyrights to examine the application and ...

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Fashion Designers Rejoice, Counterfeiters Cry: Design Piracy Act ...

2007-11-28T00:00:00Z

I have blogged about the fact that there is currently no protection for a â€œdesignâ€ or a shape. To make it clearer, you could manufacture a bag that looks exactly like the Hermes Birkin Bag, so long as trademarked logos are not used. ...

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This is a blog about the art and science of blogs, bloging, and ...

2007-11-27T00:00:00Z

HR 2033: Design Piracy Prohibition Act Apr 25 2007 - 5:00pm HR 1201: Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing US Entrepreneurship (FAIRUSE) Act of 2007 Feb 27 2007 - 11:10am S.522: Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act ...

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Piracy Paradox Rebutted?

2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

In a recent post, we reported on fashion's piracy paradox, which argues that weak intellectual-property rules for fashion haven't harmed the industry, but rather, they've helped it thrive. (In other words, knock-offs aren't the devil ...

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Copycense Clippings (Nov. 6 to Nov. 12, 2007)

2007-11-13T00:00:00Z

A Sunday feature article features commentary on the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (HR 2033), which features Mrs. Sonny Bono (recall the 1998 term extension?) as a co-sponsor. Categories: Fashion & Ornaments; Legislation & Regulation. ...

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

2007-10-17T00:00:00Z

After some research, I discovered that there's a bill (HR 2033) in the process of being reviewed by Congress that will make copyrighting on fashion design legal if it is passed. On one side, we have the big fashion houses, ...

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Stricter Copyright Rules for Fashion: A Faux Pas

2007-10-16T00:00:00Z

12 Design Piracy Prohibition Act, HR 2033, 110th Cong. (2007). 13 Am. Safety Table Co. v. Schreiber, 269 F.2d 255, 272 (2d Cir. 1959). 14 Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman, How Copyright Law Could Kill the Fashion Industry, ...

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Copycense Clippings (Sept. 11 to Sept. 17, 2007)

2007-09-18T00:00:00Z

For more insight to this issue, see HR 2033 and S.1957, both entitled the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, which would give registered fashion designs copyright protection for three years. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is sponsoring the ...

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Before Models Can Turn Around, Knockoffs Fly

2007-09-04T13:38:00Z

A debate is raging in the American fashion industry over such designs. Copying, which has always existed in fashion, has become so pervasive in the Internet era it is now the No. 1 priority of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which is lobbying Congress to extend copyright protection to clothing.

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Slow and steady wins the race

2007-08-29T22:55:00Z

Ping's work with these bags highlights why this legislation would be detrimental to fashion work. Ping is working on conceptual ideas that are presented in the form of bags that are part of the design language.

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Fashion piracy law update

2007-08-21T00:00:00Z

On the 15th of August, the Los Angeles Times published an editorial entitled Fashion copyrights cut creativity saying in part:. Trying to protect fashion designs from knockoffs would only harm the industry. ...

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Fashion Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

2007-08-19T00:00:00Z

Additionally, HR 2033 would create new subsections under Chapter 13 that would extend liability for infringement to those who copy from a design or from an image of a design. The bill would also create a new section that establishes ...

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Fashion copyrights cut creativity

2007-08-15T22:59:00Z

Prodded by high-end apparel makers, lawmakers from New York and California are trying again to extend copyrights to clothing and accessory designs. It's a proposal that has come and gone more often in the last century than narrow lapels and aviator sunglasses...

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H.R.2033

2007-08-01T22:49:13Z

H.R.2033 To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design. introduced Apr. 25, 2007

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Rationalizing the Oldest Industry by Force

2007-07-27T00:00:00Z

She could be a character in an Ayn Rand novel. Apparel manufacture is still one of the few manufacturing businesses that you can start in your garage and sustain profitably on a small scale. HR 2033 will effectively put an end to that.

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Fashion copyright: the death of us all

2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

Yep, it's HR2033 , the fashion design Copyright law. Surprised? Most of you who hang out here are informed on IP in the real world but most designers aren't. If you ask them, they support this legislation thinking it'll make their lives ...

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Woe is DVFurstenberg…..As much as I love her,I guarantee she ...

2007-07-26T00:00:00Z

HR 2033 To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Sponsor:. Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]. Co-sponsors:. Rep. Mary Bono [R-CA] Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R-VA] ...

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Fashion copyright: the death of us all

2007-07-25T00:00:00Z

There's proposed legislation working its way through Congressional sub committee sponsored by Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA] that will put most of us out of business. Paradoxically, the proposed legislation will "protect" you. Lucky you. ...

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The Emperess Has No Clotheshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

HR 2033 would extend this to fashion designs, defined as "the appearance as a whole of an article of apparel, including its ornamentation." "Apparel" is in turn defined as articles of men's, women's, and children's clothing,

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Emperess does not have Any Clotheshttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl ...

2007-07-18T00:00:00Z

The initiative referred to by the Post began on April 25, 2007, when Congressman Delahunt introduced (with Mr. Goodlatte, Mrs. Maloney and Mrs. Bono as co-sponsors) HR 2033, the "Design Piracy Prohibition Act." The bill seeks to amend ...

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Saints and Sinners

2007-07-11T00:00:00Z

... property protection to fashion designs, including handbags. In other words, the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (currently HR 2033) may not yet be law -- but knocking off a Roanoake designer is like bearding the lion in his den.

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New/Updated CRS Reports: Legal and Law Enforcement

2007-07-05T00:00:00Z

... IP Mall, OpenCRS) + Awards of Attorneys' Fees by Federal Courts and Federal Agencies + Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: A Legal Analysis of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, HR 2033 + Crime and Forfeiture + ...

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Copyright Protection for Fashion Design: A Legal Analysis of the ...

2007-06-28T00:00:00Z

HR 2033, the "Design Piracy Prohibition Act," would amend Chapter 13 of the US Copyright Act, which currently provides protection for designs of vessel hulls. The bill would grant fashion designs a three-year term of protection, ...

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This Just In: Schumer May Introduce Fashion Copyright Bill to the ...

2007-06-13T00:00:00Z

As HR 2033 makes its way through the House Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) may soon introduce a counterpart bill to the Senate, potentially jump starting an issue that could have quietly died. ...

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Protecting Fashion Ideas Law

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

... letter that was sent to Howard Berman, the chairman of the US House Subcommittee for the Internet and Intellectual Property Committee which is currently considering the so described "fashion intellectual property" bill (HR 2033). ...

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Protecting Fashion Ideas Law

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

... letter that was sent to Howard Berman, the chairman of the US House Subcommittee for the Internet and Intellectual Property Committee which is currently considering the so described “fashion intellectual property” bill (HR 2033). ...

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PK In the Know Podcast 28

2007-05-23T00:00:00Z

Bill Delahunt (D-MA) introduced HR 2033, the “Design Piracy Prohibition Act,” to the House Judiciary Committee to extend copyright protection to the fashion industry. In this episode of the In The Know Podcast, I discuss the ...

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The Chattering Classes

2007-05-23T00:00:00Z

... by everyone from the Copyright Society in New York to the Festival International de Mode et de Photographie in Hyeres, France, and punctuated by the reintroduction of the Design Piracy Prohibition Act as HR 2033 (formerly HR 5055). ...

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Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-28-2007

2007-04-28T00:00:00Z

OpenCongress - HR2033. To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide protection for fashion design. (tags: fashion copyright ip). TLF: 174000 Commandments. Indeed, there appear to be about 2.3 million patents in effect at the moment ...

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