WTF? Apparently you can now trademark a colour (red, in this case)

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So say the Royal Mail

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 24 June 2006 23:29 (nineteen years ago)

Hmm, HTML failure there.

"Royal Mail, the Royal Mail Cruciform, the colour red and SmartStamp are all registered trademarks of Royal Mail Group plc."

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump2?catId=400043&mediaId=600023

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Saturday, 24 June 2006 23:31 (nineteen years ago)

Internation Klein Blue

― Chinchilla Volapük (Captain Sleep), Sunday, 25 June 2006 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

Oh forget it

― Chinchilla Volapük (Captain Sleep), Sunday, 25 June 2006 05:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.tate.org.uk/collection/T/T01/T01513_8.jpg

― Chinchilla Volapük (Captain Sleep), Sunday, 25 June 2006 05:58 (nineteen years ago)

you can copyright a particular formulation of pigment. you can't copyright frequencies of visible light rays. which defn of color are you getting at, here?

it's like, you can't copyright a flavor, but you can copyright the formula of your soft drink.

― the fuckablity of late picasso (vahid), Sunday, 25 June 2006 06:11 (nineteen years ago)

Which definition? Well, the Royal Mail appear to believe they own the colour "red"!

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Sunday, 25 June 2006 10:00 (nineteen years ago)

You can copyright a colour, inasmuch as it's used in business logos. So whilst the Royal Mail can't ban somebody from painting their house that particular shade of red, they could prevent rival companies using the shade as part of their branding.

― Half loaf, half pompadour (noodle vague), Sunday, 25 June 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

I remember around the time Purple Haze came out, Cam'ron was talking about inventing a new colour so he could copyright it, and then when people bit his style they'd have to pay royalties. I'm still disappointed the new colour never materialised.

― shane mcgrath (jackie susann), Sunday, 25 June 2006 22:46 (nineteen years ago)

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 25 June 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

International Klein Blue, bitches! Looks best when you toss your naked, paint-covered body at a canvas.

― business up front, party entrance at side door (mike h.), Sunday, 25 June 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

True indeed. Flamethrowers add a nice touch as well.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 25 June 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently this purple is copyright too:

http://www.digitalprogression.co.uk/cadbury.jpg

― I woke up feelin' brand new, I jumped up feeling my highs and my lows... (papa n, Monday, 26 June 2006 01:44 (nineteen years ago)

Remember when McDonald's trademarked the word SMILE?

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 26 June 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

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