Canadian writer James Bow is facing a legal battle with the management of Toronto's CN Tower, which claims his use of an image of the building on a book cover is a trade mark violation.
The CN Tower's management company Canada Lands has filed a lawsuit against the author for using a photo of the building on the cover of Bow's book The Night Girl.
Bow told Dezeen that the image was a Creative Commons-licensed photo that was edited for the cover. But a legal discussion has ensued over its use because Canada Lands states that any photo of the building is a trade mark violation and should have been authorised by them.
The company also claims the image might also mislead people into thinking that the book was commercially affiliated with the CN Tower, it was reported last week. Management wants to protect building "against improper use"
"Canada Lands Company's role as owner and manager of the CN Tower is to protect its image against improper use," Canada Lands told Dezeen.
"We take our responsibility for stewardship of such an iconic Canadian property very seriously," it added. "For this reason, we do carefully review unauthorised uses of the CN Tower's image for commercial purposes."
Bow's fictional novel The Night Girl features a textured blue collage over an image of the 553-metre-tall communications tower. A boy and a girl run from animal-like figures on top of the building, with the title of the book placed above with white text high...