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Originally Posted by HarryT
Typographical copyright does indeed exist in some countries, but not in the US. Within the EU, for example, it has a duration of 25 years from the end of the year of publication.
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I believe Typefaces would be covered under Community Designs in the EU:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intell...aces#Elsewhere
and may be covered by Design Patents in others:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipe..._and_typefaces
I am not too sure where the entire Book Design/Layout itself would be covered... but I
swear I read this over the years in my travels (I mostly read about US IP though, very rarely into the European topics). Usually it is just a sentence or two mentioning: "It is different in the EU/Country X".
Side Note: It comes up every so often in articles about the real obscure/arcane differences between US/Other IP Laws. Stuff like:
- Moral Rights
- This is one of the largest differences between US/EU copyright.
- Phonograms
- Semiconductor Mask Works
- Boat Hull Designs
- Database Rights
- Fashion Design
- Architecture
- [...]