I was curious how the fashion industry deals with this problem. I mean when is a pair of slacks a knock-off, a copied design, and an original design. I would

I was curious how the fashion industry deals with this problem. I mean when is a pair of slacks a knock-off, a copied design, and an original design. I would think the clothing fashion industry would have way more experience with this. This came up via Google: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/business/worldbusiness/04iht-fashion.1.7373169.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/business/worldbusiness/04i... Somewhat old, but it reads just like these Apple v. whomever stories. Unfortunately it looks like they landed on the same solution as the tech industry; litigation. But now that I really think about it, what else can one do?