Discuss Fashion and the History of Intellectual Property LawHIS 2708ID: History of U.S. Fashion Law, 20th Century to PresentDr. Alyssa Dana Adomaitis & Professor Kerin CoughlinSpring 2022Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7-8:30pmPlease read each essay question carefully. Please choose ONE (1) of the three (3) questions and answer it thoroughly in an essay of approximately 500 words (2 pages singled spaced), in separate paragraphs using indentations. Be sure to write out a clear, concise essay using evidence, such as assigned readings, to support your answer. Be sure to use appropriate in-text citations (author last name, year and p. ) to avoid plagiarism. Be sure to have less than 20% matching in your answer in order to earn credit. Please note the 2hr hour time limit for the full exam to be submitted in SafeAssign. No late exams will be accepted for credit.1. Based on the law, from the Lanham Act of 1946, (a) discuss the arguments, position(s) and intellectual property rights that a plaintiff (i.e., Louis Vuitton Malletier) should assert against the defendant. (b) Then evaluate each side, both plaintiff and defendant, argument (what are the arguments of each side presented to the court). (c) Why does each side merit a case? (d) Why should the Lanham Act be upheld in terms of the significance of fashion luxury and good will?2. Describe the state of legal protection of intellectual property (designs, marks, etc.) in U.S. fashion since the 20th Century (1900s). Your answer might address such topics as: What aspects of fashion are, and are not, protected, and how? What laws or legal principles exist to protect intellectual property in fashion? What are some specific cases involving intellectual property in fashion? How have the laws, and/or business of fashion, and/or the world, changed over time, in ways that affect protection of intellectual property in fashion? … and other appropriate topics. (These are suggestions – you do not need to address all of these topics in your essay!)3. Discuss the historical development of copying in U.S. fashion since the 20th century (1900s). Your answer might address such topics as: What are the differences (if any) between copying, counterfeiting, and/or knockoffs? What are some of the various forms or methods of copying in fashion? How have participants in the fashion business (including designers, manufacturers, consumers, and others) protected against copying over the years? How has copying in fashion, and protections against it, evolved over the years? What (if any) laws and legal principles relate to fashion copying? What, might one argue, are negative effects, and positive effects, of copying in fashion?
