Legality of names

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From: Richard Sexton
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1988 07:24

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What is legal ?

If I create a font, styled after Helvetica (tm), I know I cant
call it Helvetica (tm), that trademark is owned by the International
Typeface Corp.

Fine.

But what about names like Bodoni, Bookman, Bocklin, Broadway, Cooper,
Gothic, Raleigh, Lotus, Chicago, Geneva ?

How does one find out about such things ?

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From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
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Subject: Legality of names
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Date: 6 Apr 88 07:24:03 GMT
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