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Yeah I don't understand their reasoning here. If some cell service company started using the colors of verizon/sprint/T-mobile I could see that as confusing and

Yeah I don't understand their reasoning here. If some cell service company started using the colors of verizon/sprint/T-mobile I could see that as confusing and potentially misleading. But outside of their market, they should have no say on who uses that color.

techwizrd 7y ago
From the article, there is overlap in their markets. To add even more color to the kerfuffle, Lemonade filed a motion yesterday with the European intellectual property office to loosen Deutsche’s legal vice-grip on the color, and has petitioned to remove DT’s color-rights on magenta in the insurance sector. The problem is, T-Mobile actually does offer insurance on services like cybersecurity and tech-gadget protection policies, which could add a touch of gray to the magenta dispute.
- pitaj 7y ago
  Please don't quote with code blocks. It's painful to scroll horizontally, especially for mobile users. Without code blocks: > To add even more color to the kerfuffle, Lemonade filed a motion yesterday with the European intellectual property office to loosen Deutsche’s legal vice-grip on the color, and has petitioned to remove DT’s color-rights on magenta in the insurance sector. > The problem is, T-Mobile actually does offer insurance on services like cybersecurity and tech-gadget protection policies, which could add a touch of gray to the magenta dispute.
  - faeyanpiraat 7y ago
    This.
  - dickeytk 7y ago
    I know HN is super minimalistic but I’d love a way to indent quotes considering how often we do it here
    - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
      I'm not against that but what is wrong with using a carrot? It works well.
      - dickeytk 7y ago
        It doesn’t indent
        Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        Why is this a problem? Visually, it's very clear what is and is not a quote.
        dickeytk 7y ago
        So that it’s more clear? and supports multiple paragraphs Do you indent your code? Or are the curly braces enough?
        Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        ...clearly we're not going to agree on this. Yes, I indent code, but—while I've never thought about this before—I actually think using carrots could work equally well! I'd add one carrot per ident level to the start of every line. Back to quotes, for multiple paragraphs, I just add a ">" to the start of each paragraph.
        quietbritishjim 7y ago
        I totally agree with you, but FYI they're called "carets". Much as I like the idea of carrots in comments :-)
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rhizome 7y ago
I can't find the text of the demand, but there's a thing called "trade dress," though I'm not sure if reaches to sometihng this basic and without more design elements.

techwizrd 7y ago

From the article, there is overlap in their markets. To add even more color to the kerfuffle, Lemonade filed a motion yesterday with the European intellectual property office to loosen Deutsche’s legal vice-grip on the color, and has petitioned to remove DT’s color-rights on magenta in the insurance sector. The problem is, T-Mobile actually does offer insurance on services like cybersecurity and tech-gadget protection policies, which could add a touch of gray to the magenta dispute.

pitaj 7y ago
Please don't quote with code blocks. It's painful to scroll horizontally, especially for mobile users. Without code blocks: > To add even more color to the kerfuffle, Lemonade filed a motion yesterday with the European intellectual property office to loosen Deutsche’s legal vice-grip on the color, and has petitioned to remove DT’s color-rights on magenta in the insurance sector. > The problem is, T-Mobile actually does offer insurance on services like cybersecurity and tech-gadget protection policies, which could add a touch of gray to the magenta dispute.
- faeyanpiraat 7y ago
  This.
- dickeytk 7y ago
  I know HN is super minimalistic but I’d love a way to indent quotes considering how often we do it here
  - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    I'm not against that but what is wrong with using a carrot? It works well.
    - dickeytk 7y ago
      It doesn’t indent
      - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        Why is this a problem? Visually, it's very clear what is and is not a quote.
        dickeytk 7y ago
        So that it’s more clear? and supports multiple paragraphs Do you indent your code? Or are the curly braces enough?
        Wowfunhappy 7y ago
        ...clearly we're not going to agree on this. Yes, I indent code, but—while I've never thought about this before—I actually think using carrots could work equally well! I'd add one carrot per ident level to the start of every line. Back to quotes, for multiple paragraphs, I just add a ">" to the start of each paragraph.
        quietbritishjim 7y ago
        I totally agree with you, but FYI they're called "carets". Much as I like the idea of carrots in comments :-)
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rhizome 7y ago

I can't find the text of the demand, but there's a thing called "trade dress," though I'm not sure if reaches to sometihng this basic and without more design elements.