Dunnes and the Piracy Paradox

Seems like DUNNES is in trouble.

The BBC News reports..."Dunnes Stores in the Republic have been found guilty of deliberately copying designs sold by the Karen Millen chain.The Commercial Court in Dublin found that Dunnes had copied a jumper and two shirts by the high street chain..." Read More

While we see the proliferation of knock-off s everywhere, the New Yorker wrote a very interesting piece in September on how piracy helps the fashion industry.

"...recent paper by the law professors Kal Raustiala and Christopher Sprigman suggests that weak intellectual-property rules, far from hurting the fashion industry, have instead been integral to its success. The professors call this effect “the piracy paradox.” Continue reading....