Am 18.04.2012 15:23, schrieb Robert Schenck:
Haven't heard about this case before. Sounds like an interesting case. I'll venture to say [...] that a casting could be considered protected intellectual property. Two companies could both attempt to make castings of an original specimen, and they could both end up pretty different. There's technique and intellectual artistry applied, so it seems like they could be considered as such.
That said, the better the casts are, the more similar will they be to each other. Ideally, they'll be indistinguishable (if they're not dyed differently or whatever).