ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 20 hours agoAre color schemes used in UIs of video games and computer software subject to trademark?message-square11fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareAre color schemes used in UIs of video games and computer software subject to trademark?ryujin470 to Ask Lemmy • 20 hours agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
Colors can be trademarked in conjunction with certain services. Does this applies to UIs of computer programs as well?
minus-square@9point6link3•19 hours agoI think UIs are more typically patented if they do something unique. I’m pretty sure we know there are some trademarked UI elements though—I’d be surprised if the start button wasn’t a Microsoft trademark at least when they launched windows 95
I think UIs are more typically patented if they do something unique.
I’m pretty sure we know there are some trademarked UI elements though—I’d be surprised if the start button wasn’t a Microsoft trademark at least when they launched windows 95