joe'smom

I won't be naming names, but I was shocked recently when I received a mailing by a designer promoting her new fabric line, and her featured fabric was almost an exact copy of a fabric from another designer's fabric line that came out some months ago, which I had particularly noticed because it was so lovely and unique. My thought was that I might be angry if I were the designer of the earlier fabric, although they do say that 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.'

I made me wonder if fabric designers have ever sued each other for copyright infringement (because I believe these designs are copyrighted). I know that in the music industry, you're allowed to have so many bars of notes that are identical before you're guilty of copyright infringement.