Panel on Intellectual Property, Fashion and Museums Held at the Belo Horizonte Fashion Museum

By Clarice Fernandes and Luíza Britto Belo Horizonte (MG) — June 10, 2025

On June 10, 2025, the panel Intellectual Property and Intersections with Fashion and Museums was held in person at the Belo Horizonte Fashion Museum (MUMO) — https://prefeitura.pbh.gov.br/fundacao-municipal-de-cultura/museus/mumo — in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

The event brought together professionals, students, and stakeholders from Intellectual Property, Fashion Law, culture, and the creative economy, establishing a qualified forum on legal protection of creations and intangible assets.

The panel aimed to disseminate awareness of the Intellectual Property system, including copyright, trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and software, and to highlight the need for creators and rights holders to protect these assets.

Throughout the event, speakers explored intersections between IP, Fashion, and Museums, considering these fields as channels of artistic expression, memory preservation, and reflections of social, historical, and economic transformations.

The program also addressed challenges and opportunities related to protection of intangible assets in fashion and cultural sectors, especially amid fast circulation and replication of creative outputs.

Discussions connected past, present, and future, emphasizing museums as spaces of cultural preservation and fashion as both artistic language and economic sector requiring specialized legal attention.

The panel lasted 3 hours, and participants received certificates of participation, reinforcing the educational and institutional nature of the initiative.

Held at a nationally recognized venue for fashion, history, and culture, the event reaffirmed the relevance of legal debate on Intellectual Property applied to fashion and museums in Brazil.