Re: 5-by-6 Block Format on Quilt is Copyrightable

Particularly when you consider that there is a line of case law on the subject (check Nimmer on Copyright) saying that the Office defers to the courts and their decisions in interpreting law, and not the other way around....

"Vance R. Koven" wrote:
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> What is perhaps even more unfortunate is the court's deference to the fact
> of registration as proving anything, implicitly equating the examination
> processes for copyright, patent and trademark.
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