34 interest. Some examples are given in Christine Feliner, The Future of Legal Protection for Industrial De¬ signs (ESC Publishing Limited, Oxford, 1985): "319 On 9 November 1978 a plaintiff com¬ plained to the Court of Appeal at Ghent about slavish copying of his advertisements for carpets. He did not allege copyright infringement, but said that he had originated the theme of bare feet on a carpet sug¬ gesting a feeling of pleasant comfort, and had used and developed this theme for many years at considerable cost. The defendant had, the Court found, taken care to avoid confusion but had taken advantage of this original 'theme', and there was substantial similarity of presentation. An injunction was granted, based entirely on the 'parasitic' exploitation of the investment and ideas of another. Confusion was not necessary A...... "

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