To end the 2 part series of how to resolve cross border #intellectualproperty disputes in the digital era, this episode of #IPSERIES focuses on the implication of recreating a dress design inspired by another fashion designer without acknowledging where the inspiration was gotten.
The case between #LafalaiseDion and Abiodun Folashade Tokunbo CEO of Anjy Luminee Couture, also known as House of Luminee, over the famous #cowriedress which broke the internet last year during the #MissWorld contest won again at the premiere of #KingofThieves on 3rd April 2022.
Lafalaise Don an Ivorian fashion designer in a publication accused the Nigerian fashion designer Abiodun Folashade Tokunbo of copying and reproducing her design without acknowledging her a publication dated 5th April 2022.
In this kind of situation should the designer be held liable or the consumer who intends to wear the dress? I discuss what legal protection fashion designers enjoy, and the best form of intellectual property protection and also made some recommendations.
Have you ever saved or bookmarked a fashion style and shown it to your tailor to reproduce? Do you consider that act an infringement? Do you think it's wrong?
Here's the link to find out more about this case
https://twitter.com/esmeraldo99/status/1523744862499409920?s=19
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