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The only way for someone to claim copyright in a family crest is if that person created the crest, or substantially modified it, or is the heir of someone who did that and who died less than 75 years ago.

Crests and other symbols may be protected in some countries by their laws protecting Heraldic symbols, but that is not copyright.

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No, but in many countries, misappropriation of arms or other heraldic imagery is actionable as real or economic injury, and in others, crests are handled as trademarks.

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