(Forwarding on behalf of Yahoo user Diana Lee <[email protected]>)
Hi, A woman made "accordion/explosive books" and put them on etsy for sale. Someone emailed her claiming to have a patent on those types of books and asked her to remove her items from the etsy store. These are the accordion/explosive books: https://www.etsy.com/listing/174899011/ireland-explosion-book-emerald-isle-mini Here is the patent number: Patent No. 6431606 http://www.google.com/patents/US6431606 What do you think of this situation? Can the books be sold? It's the same old question again: copyright. But can you copyright/patent the idea of pop-up books? Hope to get some feedback from the community, Diana
