Originally Posted by cafegold2
Once published , isn't a pattern in the public domain and therefore no infringement on a copyright. Any attorneys in the house to guide us?
publication in any form is what creates the copyright ... regardless of whether or not it's registered with the feds.
designers cannot copyright blocks already in the public domain.
debate rages over whether they can copyright layouts they design using only blocks from the public domain.
there is no doubt, however, that they can copyright the patterns and instructions they write and illustrate showing us how to make those quilts.