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Can I reproduce in the form of art or jewelery the craftsmanship of a historic building and sell it? Ex:. the colonial scroll work from gates
Asked on Apr 04th, 2012 on Intellectual Property - South Carolina
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Looking for the legality of doing custom jewelry based on the architecture or colonial period gate work from historic homes. And secondly, if so can I say it is from (inspired by) this particular home or building?
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Copyright in the architecture of buildings was enacted fairly recently, and anything that was created prior to 1922 is no longer protected by copyright. However, also consider whether the building/gate work you want to reproduce serves as a source identifier in which case there could be a trademark issue. Trademark protection lasts forever so long as it continues to be used.
Answered on Apr 07th, 2012 at 2:24 PM