The US Trademark Act does not provide protection for fashion designs per se.

FORBES: Protecting Fashion Designs

In the first half of 2009, not generally considered a bright spot for American retail, buyers of fashion footwear spent almost twenty per cent more through online-only channels than they had the previous year, according to the NPD Group, a market-research firm, while sales at shoe chains, department stores, and stand-alone shops were down about eleven per cent each.

NEWYORKER: Happy Feet

But the momentum quickly shifted back to West Indies who, despite requiring a little over nine runs per over, set about their chase in spectacular fashion.

BBC: Rampant Windies overpower Aussies