Sometime ago, I wrote about the possibility of extending copyright protection to designer clothes. Now, The Independent [1] reports that the Scots are trying to protect the Scottish Kilt:
"The campaign is the idea of an Edinburgh-based kilt-maker, Howie Nicholsby, who, exasperated by the influx of cheap, foreign imports calling themselves Scottish kilts, got in touch with the Scottish Member of European Parliament Alyn Smith to see if they could persuade the European Commission to give the Scottish kilt protected designation of origin (PDO) status."
The protected designation of origin status is usually used to protect food though under EEC regulation 2081/92. [2]
Links:
[1] http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hands-off-our-kilts-scots-bid-to-copyright-their-national-dress-789340.html
[2] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31992R2081:EN:HTML
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