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More stuff on ``who owns that font name''.

When I get a test page from my PostScript printer, it tells me
what fonts I have, (all three of them) and that: ``Times and Helvetica
are registered trademarks of Allied corporation''. Ok. This tells
me that those names are trademarked. 

So I have this letraset catalogue, that has all these font samples,
and some have, what I suppose is a company name attached to them,
some don't.

For example, _Arnold Bocklin_ has none, which I assume means Bocklin is
not a trademarked name.

Others have wierd names attached to them: Augustea Open has ``Nebiolo''
attached to it. A typehouse ?

Yet others are more obvious: ITC Avant Garde says ITC below it.

Now what I don't understand is why it doesn't say ``ITC Avant Garde is
a registered trademark of ITC Corp''. It doesnt say it anywhere
in the book.

I got the new Adobe type catalog in the mail today (nice, REAL nice)
and they have a (tm) or (R) by all the trademarked names.

The only little designations in the Letrast catalogue is for some fonts,
owned by letraset, that say (C) 1987 Letraset. Sheesh. What are they
copyrighting ? They can't copyright the font design, and you can register
the name as a tradenark, but not copyright it.

Anybody have any idea ?


So whats up with Latraset ?



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richard@gryphon.CTS.COM                               {backbone}!gryphon!richard