Dimension of Pernambuco textile and clothing polo through deposit requests for industrial designs

Abstract

The fashion industry is considered one of the largest in the world and, in Brazil, it has great importance as it employs thousands of workers and generates great wealth. For the protection of fashion items, it is advisable to apply the legal protection granted by Industrial designs, a kind of intellectual property, capable of protecting the owner against misappropriation. As the rural region of Pernambuco is home to intense production in the fashion industry, in order to be considered an APL by sector bodies, it is pertinent to investigate which statistics affect local industries. Thus, the article aimed to present and propose an analysis of the number of requests for deposits of industrial designs, for the harsh region of Pernambuco. In the bibliographical field, a brief conceptual exposition of fashion was carried out and how it was related to the genesis of intellectual property and, specifically, industrial designs. In addition, data on industrial designs were compared with other leading countries in the protection of the respective asset from the WIPO report, as well as, from the national scenario, based on statistics presented by the INPI, with other states and the capital of Pernambuco, Recife. To achieve this result, bibliographical surveys were carried out with the main authors of the matter, as well as documental analysis of international bodies, such as WIPO, and national ones, such as INPI and SEBRAE. The result presented showed alarming numbers for holders based in APL's cities, requiring the application of new actions for the region.