On Jul 21, 10:01*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Actually it's a city in Tuscany, and it won't work.
>
> http://www.pixiq.com/article/tuscany...its-landscapes
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> Instead, they should do it the way Apple does.
> Patent the "look and feel".
Not a patent, nor copyright, nor trade dress; this would be an
extension of the right of publicity, which prevents others from
commercializing your name or image without your permission, from
individuals to communities. In our country, even using a robot Vanna
White was barred.
But it should be pretty easy to photoshop a pastiche of hills, etc. to
be vaguely suggestive of that town's landscapes.