• ISBN13: 9780367549343
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Law and Criminology
• Publisher: T&F
• Publisher Imprint: Routledge
• Publication Date: December 10, 2023
• Pages: 186
• Original Price: GBP 17.99
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 270 grams

Exploring the debate over the benefits of legal protection for fashion design, this book focuses on how a combination of minimal legal protections for design, evolving social norms, digital technology, and market forces can promote innovation and creativity in a business known for its fast-paced remixing and borrowing.

Susanna Monseau is a Professor at the College of New Jersey. Before becoming an academic, she was as an intellectual property litigator at law firms in London, UK, and Philadelphia and Princeton, US. Her research interests relate to the role of US and European intellectual property laws in technology and fashion. Her scholarship has been published in a range of law journals. She has also written a book, Law, Technology, and the Future of Business. Ms. Monseau received a Fulbright award for 2022–23 to conduct research in Finland on how intellectual property laws can help create a more sustainable textiles industry.