So in that case it's not a 'copyright' issue, but an unfair competition issue for misleading the public. It would fall into the category of 'intellectual property' but it's not copyright per se.

This sounds more like an industrial design, and there is a specific type of IP design to protect a shape for a product. There is no need for an open source hardware project to be completely novel, so what he should just do is release the blueprints of his guitar under a GPL license. This is what most people are doing nowadays. Now, if you *really* wish to create something novel, you should then engage a community of luthiers and enthusiasts to develop your design even further.

I might if you place a nail between the hammer and the disk.

Well, as long as there is oxygen around, things should combust.

The title makes it sound as if the Occupy Wall Street was replicated around the world. The truth is, the US started after everyone had done something like that. We had our movement of "Indignados" in El Salvador about two months ago, so it's not as if the United States started with it, so it looks as if the editor didn't know about what was happening in the world by the time the movement started in the US.

It's not rocket science. If one method doesn't work, you try the other.

Isn't it too descriptive to be a trademark to begin with?

Oh come on. I remember Microsoft's Bing doing some toasting> of their own on Google/a.

It suits good for activists. Instead of holding signs under the sun for 6+ hours, they can just let technology do everything for them.

Most of the involvement of the US is well known in all countries. The only thing people can have now is unofficial confirmation of it.

Copyright pending? Does that term actually exist? I thought you had the copyright over something the moment you create it.