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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 560737, member: 5629&quot;]As upset about the apparent deception in advertising a you probably are,let&#039;s get more realistic here.&nbsp; What copyright violation?</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to be a copyright violation, that exact image must have been produced by PCGS and/or NGC and used without permission.&nbsp; Now, is it logical that PCGS would use an NGC slab in any of their copyrighted works?&nbsp; And vice versa?</p><p><br /></p><p>The PCGS and NGC slabs themselves are not able to be copyrighted.&nbsp; A photo of said slabs may be copyrighted, but the copyright is extended to the producer of the photo, not the producer of the photographed object.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even a patent on the design would not be violated.&nbsp; A photo of a patented object is still the copyrighted work of the one taking the photo.&nbsp; Now, photos of the design schematics and production facilities may be protected under trade secret rules, but not copyright nor patent.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the only possible recourse either PCGS or NGC would have would be trademark violation.&nbsp; In such case, they would have had to register they&#039;re slab design AND label layout in their trademark.&nbsp; And in the matter of trademark, they would have to actively defend their trademark in EVERY case known to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That means that any photo listed on eBay of a PCGS or NGC slab would have to be brought to legal action for trademark violation.&nbsp; That just does NOT happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this information is important (though may be a bit offtopic?) because any precedence like you suggest would mean that even you violate the TPG&#039;s imaginary property rights by posting any slab in its entirety, even for purposes of discussion and debate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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