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From the battlefield to “Y2K”, and now the S/S’23 runway, “cargo trousers”, or “cargo pants”, have been a British clothing staple for more than 80 years. Therefore, the hurdle to be able to rely on unregistered design rights to protect such designs in the UK is high in such a crowded field; designers must be able to rebut any claim that their designs are not sufficiently “original”.
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