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Are the company specific icons on the bottom (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Google+, etc.) not copyrighted?
by Chromozon 13y ago
Are the company specific icons on the bottom (Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Google+, etc.) not copyrighted?
- Digit-Al 13y agoLoads of icon packs have customised versions of the social media icons. IANAL, but my reading of the situation is that the companies hold the copyright for the logos, but in general allow people to use the logos, and their own versions of them, to link to their services. So, for instance, if someone were to try to use a version of the Dropbox logo as the icon for their own software or service then they would be sued, but if they use the icon for a link to share something on Dropbox then that is alright because it is promoting their business.
- kbutler 13y agoTrademark law is applicable here. In general, you can use a trademark to refer to the trademark owner's good or service. That is, you can use the Android robot to refer to Android.
- babuskov 13y agoGoogle explicitly allows use of Android robot, but disallows use of ANDROID logo (one with letters): http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/promote/brand.html http://developer.android.com/distribute/googleplay/promote/b...