[Openfontlibrary] design service

Dave Crossland dave at lab6.com
Fri Nov 7 03:18:43 PST 2008


2008/11/6 minombresbond <minombresbond at gmail.com>:
> El Wed, 5 Nov 2008 23:33:02 +0000
> "Dave Crossland" <dave at lab6.com> escribió:
>
>> Here in the UK there is a 25 year copyright on them. Maybe in Germany
>> and other places too.
>
> that registration process is like a registration of song, art,
> literature etc.?

No registration required, its the run of the mill automatic copyright.

> the copyrigth is for the artwork presented, for the glyphs
> like-a-form? Have the designers used the registry? is practical?
> can I register my bookman revival glyps like a original work?

The EU design right registration is the only registration process that
seems to matter; Microsoft tried to register a copy of Frutiger and
Linotype objected and MS was refused, so it seems you can't register a
revival, no.


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