About copyright and trademarks - Microsoft's Segoe UI

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About copyright and trademarks - Microsoft's Segoe UI

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Brian Livingston wrote:A European agency has thrown out Microsoft's registration of the new font that's a trumpeted feature of the upcoming Windows Vista and Office 12. This calls into question whether the font is original or just a copy of someone else's -- with legal implications for Microsoft's much-delayed products.
Read the whole story here:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/column ... hp/3599861

Disclaimer: this article doesn’t represent my opinion, but it is worth reading when you are interested in font protection.
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You can read a lot more on The Font Forging Industry

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