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dc.contributor.authorHackett, Petal Jeanen
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-14-
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-15T17:38:07Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-15T17:38:07Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/55348-
dc.description.abstractContinued lobbying by high-end, American designers for intellectual property-type fashion design protection has culminated in the proposed Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act, intended to introduce EU standards. Using a sequential, 2-firm, vertical differentiation framework, we analyze the effects of protection on investment in innovative designs by high-quality (designer) and lower-quality (mass-market) firms when the mass-marketer may opt to imitate, consumers prefer trendsetting designs and firms compete in prices. We show that design protection, by transforming mass-marketers from imitators to innovators, may reduce both designer profits and welfare. The model provides possible explanations for the dearth of EU case law and the increase in designer/mass-marketer collaborations.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3716en
dc.subject.jelD21en
dc.subject.jelL13en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.jelO34en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordintellectual property rightsen
dc.subject.keywordfashion design protectionen
dc.subject.keywordimitationen
dc.subject.keywordlicensingen
dc.subject.stwModeen
dc.subject.stwProduktdesignen
dc.subject.stwImmaterialgüterrechteen
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwBekleidungsindustrieen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwImitationswettbewerben
dc.subject.stwWohlfahrtseffekten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.titleCutting too close? Design protection and innovation in fashion goods-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn685243621en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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