Re:Potato farmers cry foul as PepsiCo sues them
by dragonwriter on Saturday April 27, 2019 @02:56PM
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> You can't copyright clothing designs and fashion designers are still in business.
But, as they are useful articles
(why copyright doesn't apply in general, though it can apply to specific decorative elements—software, apparently, isn't generally useful), you can patent clothing designs and design elements, with the same non-obviousness, etc., rules applicable to other patents of useful invention. So that's kind of an odd argument to use against patentability of a useful article.
But, as they are useful articles (why copyright doesn't apply in general, though it can apply to specific decorative elements—software, apparently, isn't generally useful), you can patent clothing designs and design elements, with the same non-obviousness, etc., rules applicable to other patents of useful invention. So that's kind of an odd argument to use against patentability of a useful article.