D logo copyright

[Alix Pexton via Digitalmars-d]

On 16/07/2014 9:17 AM, Sönke Ludwig wrote:

> BTW, the shape of the logo itself isn't covered by either copyright, or
> "Urheberrecht", AFAIK. That's what trademarks are for. So a full redo of
> the logo should be unaffected by the original work. Of course it would
> still be fair to properly negotiate with the original author...

I don't think it would be safe to assume that, the logo didn't exist 
before the graphic was created, so there was nothing to be used as a 
Trademark. By my reading of US Trademark law, the author would have 
grounds to appeal against any attempt to register it as long as they 
retained the copyright to the image on which the logo is based.

But Trademark protection is a few steps further along the path.

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