Hi, this attempt to  monopolize history is not really new. In 2011 the state of Sachsen-Anhalt in Germany lost its trademark of the Nebra sky disk after they tried to prevent the publication of book with the sky disk on the title page. http://www.markenmagazin.de/dpma-himmelsscheibe-von-nebra-loeschung-der-mar… Henning -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------Von: Dimitar Parvanov Dimitrov <dimitar.parvanov.dimitrov(a)gmail.com> Datum: 08.04.17 11:42 (GMT+01:00) An: Publicpolicy Group for Wikimedia <publicpolicy(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Betreff: [Publicpolicy] Attempt to extend protection beyond copyright in Norway Hi, Just wanted to share an interesting case from Norway where the Oslo Municipality is trying to protect artworks even after their copyright expires by registering them as... trademarks. http://ipkitten.blogspot.be/2017/04/can-public-domain-artwork-be-registered… Have fun reading and enjoy your weekend! Dimi