Diane Von Furstenberg Studio, LP v. Forever 21, Inc. et al - 19, No. 1:07-cv-02413-VM (United States District Court Southern District of New York July 9, 2007).

This source is court case; specifically, high-end designer Diane Von Furstenberg filed a copyright- infringement lawsuit against the store Forever 21, who has more than once created apparel with designs that were extremely similar to Furstenberg's pieces. In addition to seeking financial damages, von Furstenberg requested a court order that Forever 21 remove and take back the dresses and any promotional display or commercial distribution of any of their pieces that infringe on DVF's copyrights. Furstenberg and many other designers have always had problems with copying from stores such as Forever 21. This is just one example out of numerous other court cases Furstenberg filed against Forever 21. Of course, Forever 21 and other stores at present are still creating knock-off copies of designer dresses because there is still no copyright law enforced prohibiting them from doing so.

This source will be very helpful for my paper because it is an actual lawsuit filed against a store that produced knockoffs of a particular designer. Since this is a specific example, I will be able to refer to this court case when I mention the designers' point of view on fashion copyright and whether it should be enforced. Moreover, including an actual court case will give my essay more credibility.