[Jewelry making - Article 00010] - [Orchid] Bellicold Mold Gives Alexander the Great a Double Chin

[Karen Christians]

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Hi All!

    Suzanne Wade sent me a query regarding a copyright question from
    Orchid, regarding a Czech coin. Here is the answer from my copyright
    lawyer. 

          Without engaging in any research or specific questioning about
          the coin in question, my opinion is that the act of making a
          mold of the Czech company's coin and reselling it would likely
          be copyright infringement. The Supreme Court of the United
          States has repeatedly stated that for copyright purposes the
          originality required is slight. 

          While the 2000 year-old coin is obviously in the public domain,
          the issue would be whether a court would find that the Czech
          company added even the slightest "new" improvement or
          alteration to the coin. If the Czech company's coin were a
          "slavish copy" of the original, it would have no copyright
          protection. But unless the Czech company made a molding of the
          original, I am certain they would be able to show some
          artistic interpretation of the original and not any slavish
          copying. The client would be better off using the 2000 year-old
          coin as inspiration and making their own coin based upon the
          original.

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