copyright to a smell

RonButters at AOL.COM RonButters at AOL.COM
Tue Aug 1 02:31:19 UTC 2006


A Dutch court has ruled that one can copyright a scent. See

http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,,1268224,00.html

Apparently there is a semiotic equivalence of odor and language that is now
recognized by Dutch law.

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