# Intellectual Property in Clothing design, manufacturing, and retail

- Link: https://www.lumlawgroup.com/intellectual-property-clothing-design-manufacturing-retail/
- Published: 2017-10-02T17:05:37-07:00
- Author: Albert J Lum

Do you or your company make designs that are used in fabrics for sale to companies
that export to the United States either fabric, or finished clothing companies in
the United States?  Or are you a buyer of designs made by people outside the U.S.?
What you may not realize is that there may be companies in the United States that
see those same designs and are then making slight variations of those designs and
then registering copyrights in the United States on those variations to then accuse
the imported fabrics of infringing the variations.

This may impact your company’s ability to sell fabric and/or garments in the United
States.

How can you prevent this from happening?  By filing a U.S. copyright registration
first.  Our office can help you to register copyrights for your designs in the United
States.  This will not only protect your designs from being copied by companies 
in the United States, but provide assurances to your buyers in the United States
and enhance your company’s reputation within the industry drawing companies to use
your copyrighted designs because they know they are protected in the United States.
[Contact us](https://lumlawgroup.com/Staging/contact-us/) so we can determine what
is the best and most economical way to protect your intellectual property.