P3D All the colors of a lawsuit...

[Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>He probably meant trademark.  I have heard of other companies doing
>>similar things.  3M sued (and won) a software company that produced a
>>pop up reminder that looked like a post-it note.  The point they were
>>suing about was that the specific shade of yellow used by post-it
>>notes was also used by the software.  I know Kodak is very protective
>>of it's shade of yellow, and I'm sure Fuji is careful about green.
>>Mattel packaging lists "Barbie Pink" as trademarked.


This is why the current laws are so hard to understand. Seemingly
commonsense thoughts and ideas are thrown out the window. I am not sure if
a company can copyright a color, either. I also suspect that winning a
lawsuit over matters such as this is more a matter of how much money one
has or how many lawyers there are in the mix. I would be very surprised if
Kodak can stop one from using a particular shade of yellow. what exactly
does Mattel mean about "Barbie Pink"? They might own the words "Barbie
Pink" but I am sure that they do not have exclusive rights to Pink. But who
knows. If I was developing a doll for the Wee People, it naturally follows
that I would dress the girls in pink clothes. This is obvious to people
with common since, but I forgot, we were talking about the law.



Bob



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