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And T-Mobile trademarked their particular shade of magenta, right?

• mkl 7y ago
  Colour trademarks are common, but they only apply in narrow areas. E.g. Cadbury chocolate has a trademark purple, but all that means is someone like Nestlé can't package their chocolate in a similar purple colour. Cadbury's purple can be freely used for any unrelated purpose though.
  • alasdair_ 7y ago
    For a fun example of how trademarks are limited, check out the “Microsoft Windows 95” beer. Sapporo owns the trademark for use on beer products. https://www.ratebeer.com/forums/saporro-black-windows-95-edition_261795.htm https://www.ratebeer.com/forums/saporro-black-windows-95-edi...
    • mkl 7y ago
      That seems to have been an official promotional tie-in for the launch of Windows 95. I doubt they could have used "Microsoft" otherwise. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/611227/windows-95-beer/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/611227/windows-95-...
      • erikpukinskis 7y ago
        Or the graphics, which are copyrighted.