The American Bar Association's Legal Guide to Fashion Design

Fashion design is a tough business-you've spent years developing skills in the art and execution of apparel, and now you need to protect and market your creations.

This book is the authoritative handbook you need to make your way through creation to copyright to clothing store.

The chapters contain general roadmaps for the phases of the fashion design business, including: * Trademark Creation and Protection* Copyright and Design Patent* Internet Law* Forming Your Business* Manufacturing and Licensing Included are the relevant forms, agreements, and contracts for that phase of production or sales, from model runway releases to nondisclosure agreements, for manufacturers to sample trademark applications.

Written by experienced lawyers who work closely with fashion designer clients, this is the inside guide to the process of taking an idea, and creating and selling a product.

A CD-ROM is not included with this version.