How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps

Re:How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps by dangrossman on Friday July 26, 2013 @09:39PM (#6111504)

There is no such patent; no patent assigned to Nike contains the word "maize", and Google finds nothing to corroborate this story but an opinion piece in a Michigan newspaper about a rumored copyright being the reason the team changed its colors. Neither copyright nor patent can give ownership rights in a color.

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Re:How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps by HarryHirsch on Friday July 26, 2013 @10:30PM (#6111653)

Neither copyright nor patent can give ownership rights in a color.

Under EU law one can register a color as a trademark, provided it's a distinguishing mark. I think that's fair. Deutsche Telekom have been using magenta on their outlets ever since they started, people think "Magenta" whenever the name is mentioned, and I guess even you would stop a second if another phone company painted their outlets that color.

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Re:How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps by james_madison on Friday July 26, 2013 @10:15PM (#6111613)

> Neither copyright nor patent can give ownership rights in a color.

A color can be a trademark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_trademark

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Re:How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps by sporkologist on Saturday July 27, 2013 @01:26PM (#6113651)

(trademarks and copyrights) ≠ (patents)

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