@Specc

http://www.aipla.org/learningcenter/...nger-paper.pdf

It would appear that once again your assertion is baseless.

The RCD is far more similar to the USA Design Patent in terms of process and protection than it is to copyright, differing in only one major category and several smaller ones and whilst I agree it may overlap with the subject matter of copyright/trademarks the major difference to copyright is RCD MANDATES a registration in order to achieve a limited monopoly whereas copyright is IMPLICIT without registration.

rgds