Post: Original 1915 contour bottle drawing

Posted by Jeff on 3/23/08

Do I need to worry about copyright infringement if I was to
sell copies of my grandfather's sketch of the contour
Coca-Cola bottle. My grandfather designed the contour
coca-cola bottle in 1915. The sketch which he drew, before
producing the first prototypes, is in my possession and to
this day has never been seen by the public. I would like to
produce copies of the sketch and sell them, but I'm
concerned that it might be infringing on the Coca-Cola
Company's copyrights. I'm wondering if this drawing can be
considered public domain, but I'm not sure since it seems to
fall under an unusual set of circumstances.

Posts on this thread, including this one

Original 1915 contour bottle drawing, 3/23/08, by Jeff.

Re: Original 1915 contour bottle drawing, 6/25/08, by brian.