Timeline for Is it legal to 3D scan anything and how are 'shapes' protected?
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| Nov 8, 2023 at 10:53 | comment | added | phoog | @BobOrtiz the design of the can could be protected by copyright or by trademark, but it isn't necessarily protected by either. It's a trademark if it's recognizably associated with a brand (I'm thinking of Coca Cola, which makes cans in a shape reminiscent of their trademark bottles). It's copyright protected if it's sufficiently original and creative, which is ultimately a question that a court would have to rule on if the degree of originality or creativity were in dispute. In the US it could also be protected by a design patent, but again it might not be. | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 7:28 | comment | added | Bob Ortiz | Maybe just a bad example but yes, this was exactly my thought, many scans are colorless, only point or mesh clouds (the shape). Does that makes difference? Or it some small adjustments are made to it? | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 7:04 | comment | added | Trish | Scan this in a way that preserves color values - there are plenty methods of 3D scanning that do not preserve color but instead just take the unprotected location data for the cloud of points. | |
| Nov 8, 2023 at 3:51 | history | answered | Dale M♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |