I'll do a talk about origami in a product package design class. I'm concerned about intellectual property and ethics related with origami creators. I assume that if a professional package designer wishes to use a modern origami box or envelope, for example, as the structure for a product package, that designer would need the origami creator's authorization. Is that correct?
Browsing in the web, I see that origami has been used before in product package design. Now I know that origami models have been used in publicity as well as logos without authorization, but do you know about any case where a package designer used an origami model as the structure for a product's package without asking for authorization first? I think this is a very important issue, so it's important to explain it to students beforehand. Your answers will help me decide what to tell the students about this. You can send me your answer through the list or privately to my email address gerardo(a)neorigami.com Thanks in advance. Gerardo
