On November 23 and 24 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Italy’s Ministry of Productive Activities and the Italian Institute for Industrial Promotion will play host to an international conference in Caserta, Italy. The meeting will be looking at the importance of intellectual property to the textile and clothing industry.
Indeed despite its seemingly frivolous nature, fashion and the infrastructure that supports it is a billion dollar industry. A creative industry moreover driven firstly by the need to create something unique and then by the need to protect that unique product and the intellectual capital invested in it.
