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Re:You Wouldn't Steal a Font by xyst on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @06:44PM (#43777453)
You can copyright just about anything as long as you have the _money_

T-Mobile trademarked a very specific pink, "Magenta"

There’s even a company that holds trademarks on a set of colors, Pantone.

Courts have yet to reverse or revoke these silly trademarks.

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Re:You Wouldn't Steal a Font by usefulcat on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @08:54PM (#43778301)
Trademark and copyright are not the same thing..
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Re:You Wouldn't Steal a Font by dredmorbius on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:09PM (#43778384)
Trademark != copyright.
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Re:You Wouldn't Steal a Font by lotsofpulp on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @10:03PM (#43778625)
T-Mobile does not have a trademark on the color magenta, nor does Pantone on any colors.

The trademark is for using that color to market your product such that a buyer might assume they are buying T-mobile, but in reality they are not.

Or for Pantone, that a buyer is buying a color quality controlled by Pantone.

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