Re: technical drawings

On 2/28/2000, Carol Cricow <carol[_at_]yujean.com> wrote:
>
> I have a client with a 1977 copyright registration for "drawing or
> plastic work of a scientific or technical character." The item is
> drawings for the design of a boat hull. The design, if it matters,
> was originally made for a toy boat.
>
> A full sized boat maker is using the same shape of hull. Is there
> infringement when the copyright covers the "drawing" and the original
> item was a toy boat, not a full sized one? Does infringement happen
> ONLY if the drawings are copied or if the drawings are made into a
> real boat?
>
> I've read everything I can find on scientific drawings and functionality
> v. aesthetics and I'm still not sure about this. Can anyone help?

Carol...

I understand that architectural drawings are copyrightable. You might want to extend your search into that area. If I understand correctly, infringement happens when either the drawings or the resulting "building" is copied.

• Glen Longshore Media Specialist Chemeketa Community College Salem, Oregon <long[_at_]chemeketa.edu>