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No one owns basic shapes. You can claim ownership to the complex geometry of your work - and that’s it. The exact complexity of said geometry is impossible to d
by drooby 3y ago
No one owns basic shapes. You can claim ownership to the complex geometry of your work - and that’s it. The exact complexity of said geometry is impossible to define - you’ll know it when you see it.
- zamnos 3y agoShapes (and colors) can be trademarked, so yes, they can.
- EMIRELADERO 3y agoThat's only in a specific domain and for consumer protection (to avoid confusion), not in the sense of copyright
- flkiwi 3y agoI'm having a good time imagining a bottle that is in the shape of a continuous, right angled rectangular solid (a 3d representation of the outline of a square) with a spout hidden in a corner and how the design patent application would go.
- shapenamer 3y agoThey might even name the shape. Perhaps "cube".
- flkiwi 3y agoExcept I'm not talking about a cube. I'm talking about the 3-dimensional representation of the outline of a square, not including the filled in bit. (Wouldn't be a cube anyway, as only 2 dimensions of what I'm thinking of would be the same.)
- fennecfoxy 3y agoEnter Apple (https://www.theregister.com/2012/11/08/apple_rectangle_rounded_corners/#:~:text=Apple%20already%20owns%20a%20design,%3A%20behold%20US%20D670%2C286.&text=The%20solid%20black%20line%20outlines,design%20that%20is%20now%20patented https://www.theregister.com/2012/11/08/apple_rectangle_round....) "Surprise, motherf!"