[Jewelry making - Article 00009] - Re: [Orchid] Signature to Identify your work?

[Bill Bedford]

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>         Its really a smoke screen idea, because we all know that you
>     cant really protect your work all someone has to do is change one
>     simple detail and there goes your copyright. 

    If you want to protect your general designs, as opposed to
    individual pieces, you would have to register your designs. The law
    in Ireland is probably slightly different even from the UK but the
    first place to ask about this would be the Patent Office in Dublin 

>         But it might put someone off copying my work exactly, so its
>     worth a shot. The question is would it be breaking Irish copyright
>     law by adding that symbol? 

    I suspect, given the way the EU writes laws, that you may be
    breaking the law by *not* putting marks on. Judging by the amount of
    wire you must use, you should have your pieces hallmarked if you are
    selling them as 'silver'. If they are not marked, they can only be
    sold as 'white metal' even though you know that they are silver. 

Bill Bedford

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