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title: "Don't Let Your Competitor Wear it Better: Protect Your Fashion Trade Secrets"
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# Don’t Let Your Competitor Wear it Better: Protect Your Fashion Trade Secrets

  September 15, 2015

Apparel Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partner [David Zalman](/Our-People/David-Zalman) co-authored the *Apparel Magazine* article ​“Don’t Let Your Competitor Wear it Better: Protect Your Fashion Trade Secrets.” The article discusses the basics of what constitutes a trade secret and provides steps on how businesses can protect the value of their brands and related intellectual property from competitors, especially in the fashion and retail industries.

To read the full article, please click [here](http://apparel.edgl.com/news/Don-t-Let-Your-Competitor-Wear-it-Better--Protect-Your-Fashion-Trade-Secrets102243).

 

 

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