Industrial design infringement.
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- freedom
Does anyone know how companies get away with things like this?
Nike made this shoe and it became really popular. Many colors and materials:
Then Skechers can make something almost identical?:
And Fila as well?:
Now the second two are not small companies and know they will get caught. Is the original design not protected or what did the other two companies change that made it legal?
- uan0
they all buy soles from the same manufacturer. as easy as that.
- mekk0
I doubt that Nike did all the development and design in the first place. Fashion companies buy trend previews from companies like WGSN, they buy designs on fairs and it is possible that a producing contractor showed this particular design to Sketchers, Nike as well as Fila.
- Complexfruit0
"There are a couple of different things going on that make copying and creativity run together very nicely. One is that copying helps to set trends. We see a popular design copied and modified in a way that helps us to recognize that this is a trend. Then, as the copying is done more and more and more, it helps to kill the trend: When the trend gets over-copied, the fashion-forward people drop it and move on to the next thing. Copying is actually the fuel that runs the fashion cycle, and by making the fashion cycle go faster, it helps the apparel industry sell more stuff."
- organicgrid1
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- lowimpakt0
- fashion is dead, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort has declared, describing the fashion industry as "a ridiculous and pathetic parody of what it has been" -
- fadein110
Missing the pic of the Adidas rip of the Nike Roshe - really bad.