Wife paints landscapes and then enhances them afterwards. It give it a distinct look but it is easily copied. We haven't seen this style before and she's starting to sell pieces. How can we protect from other people just copying her?
2007-11-26 10:54:36 · 6 answers · asked by Phong D 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You can only copyright a specific, original work. Three hundred million people could paint in the style of Van Gogh, but unless they actually copied Starry Night and attempted to sell it, he couldn't sue them. You can only patent an invention or a process. I'm afraid you can't keep people from stealing your wife's ideas, as much as you might want to.
2007-11-26 11:01:30 · answer #1 · answered by Rachel P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't copyright a style of art. If your wife is using a new procedure or invention to create the style, it is conceivable that she could patent it. But if she is just using devices in the way they are meant to, she wouldn't be able to get a patent either.
You may just have to rely on doing it well, and marketing it well. Many people won;t know how to copy it.
And remember what Picasso said: "You do it first. Someone else comes along and does it pretty." PIcasso is the famous one.
2007-11-26 11:04:19 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the answers so far are correct.
My friend, who is a ceramicist, says that he may use a particular technique that he came up with, and sometimes teaches to others, but no one will ever use it exactly the same way he does. The look , temprament and feel of his work is unique. (Like Picasso) the great Japanese potter Hamada said that, though he did not sign his pots, his bad pots would be attributed to his students, and their good pots would be attributed to him.
Sign it large. Push her name and make it associated with the look of the work, the look of the style. Teach it as (if her name is Joyce) Joyce-ism, or some such that sounds good with her first or last name. Make sure the world knows that anyone else who follows in her footsteps is just making a talented use of someone else's (hers) great idea.
2007-11-26 12:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jabba 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she could write a book on how to and profit that way. Being the "first" or "best" with a particular technique gives her a lot of credibility, so trade on that. Trying to stop imitations will just make their knock offs appear that more valuable.
2007-11-28 05:28:24 · answer #4 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what style ?
2007-11-26 16:16:10 · answer #5 · answered by charlene r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
2007-11-26 11:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Seamless_1 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋