Re: copyright registration of "non-static" icons in web sites -Reply

On 2/3/97, Lesley Ellen Harris <Copyrtlaw[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: Copyright Registration
>
> How would you register an icon for example of a cat that moves and
> meows -- an icon on a website?
>
> I think it could be an artistic work as a static image but with
> movement and sound, does it become an "animated" work or possibly an
> audio-visual work?
>
> I'd appreciate comments for registration in Canada and the U.S.
> and from participants in other countries as well.

In the UK, there is no copyright registration system. However, you can now register as trade marks items that are incapable of 2 dimension representation (registrations so far include the Coke bottle shape, the smell of Chanel No. 5 etc). The Trade Mark registrar will accept all sorts of representations - I am aware of broadcasters applying to register channel idents and providing videos ...

John Enser
Olswang
jxe[_at_]olswang.co.uk
http://www.olswang.co.uk Received on Tue Feb 04 1997 - 23:02:45 GMT