On 15 Jan 2000, Sylvie Fodor <s.fodor[_at_]akg.de> wrote:
>
> I would be interested to know how, according to your opinion, Autographs
> -- meaning the photo of the signature of a person, dead or alive, famous
> or not -- are to be treated?
>
> Can they be protected by copyright? Do they have to be registered as
> trademark?
>
> Any kind of answer out of any country is welcome.
There cold be some copyright protection in the UK if it could be argued that the signature was an original artisitic work, but that would surely be a difficult argument to run. My advice to a client in this situation would be to try to register a trademark.
Peter Groves
Davis & Co (Solicitors) Ltd
London
<peter.groves[_at_]virgin.net>
Received on Mon Jan 17 2000 - 15:08:17 GMT
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