tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3076288501570294999..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Can you use the Pope's image on T-shirts and gadgets?Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-46581369898625273532017-04-10T11:35:05.879+01:002017-04-10T11:35:05.879+01:00I think that symbols such as the crossed keys (but...I think that symbols such as the crossed keys (but not the likeness of any particular Pope) are protected under Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention, and so their use should be prohibited in any Paris Convention country. The Holy See appears to have notified 15 symbols under Article 6 ter http://www.wipo.int/cgi-6te/ilist5?ENG+SIXTER+15-00+11497740-KEY+15+F-ENG+1+256+SEP-0/HITNUM,B+25+CC%2fVA+Darren Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252776942038752516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-9849392124353500852017-04-10T10:37:17.801+01:002017-04-10T10:37:17.801+01:00Hi Ian,
I am not sure a conduct of this kind...Hi Ian,<br /> <br /> I am not sure a conduct of this kind is completely devoid of risk (even assuming that such symbol is not a registered trade mark - I should check), but I guess it depends on what use one has in mind and what concrete risk that entails.Eleonora Rosatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629420303968805446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33091687096339012302017-04-10T09:12:58.878+01:002017-04-10T09:12:58.878+01:00Many years ago, on the occasion of a Papal visit t...Many years ago, on the occasion of a Papal visit to the UK, I was asked to advise a company that wanted to incorporate the Holy See's crossed keys symbol on a product (in the UK). I could not find any reason not to - was I wrong?Ian Wishartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37967484130619586712017-04-09T14:53:35.007+01:002017-04-09T14:53:35.007+01:00This is not a new developement: https://blog.ipfac...This is not a new developement: https://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2009/12/20/vatican-city-claims-unique-copyright/<br /><br />There have been similar developments in Hassidic Judaism, where a Grand Rabbi receives Papal status and then there is a succession issue. <br /><br />See: https://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/04/24/rival-bobov-factions-in-trademark-dispute/<br /> <br />Also: https://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2016/06/09/chabad-and-lubavitch-who-owns-the-name/<br /><br />There are other, secular though some might consider related issues where particular works or charachers are considered special cases with special copyright rules, such as Peter Pan and the Little Prince - see https://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2015/11/19/copyrights-and-wrongs/Michael Factorhttp://blog.ipfactor.co.ilnoreply@blogger.com