Legal issues around patterns (moved from intro thread)

Okay wait what are the legal aspects of patterns?

Hi Clarissa, there are plenty of legal issues when it comes to patterns: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/288355967.pdf.

Best, T.

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Sir Roger Penrose, recent Nobel Laureate in Physics, sued a toilet company once:

http://bit-player.org/2017/sir-roger-penroses-toilet-paper

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Some of my favourite evidence used against Penrose in one of his many copyright cases -
Darb-i Imam Masjid in Isfahan, Iran. (1453)

Demonstrating five fold geometry that expresses quasicrystalline symmetry onto a flat plane, a casual six hundred years + before Penrose.

s61IFaZdzot6zkhdLKDB2jfWo1_500 Darb-i_Imam_shrine_spandrel

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What a great case! Thank you for sharing it.
Best,
T.