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[Alastair M. Robinson]

Hi :)

Hubert Figuiere wrote:

> So we could call "Freetone 134 U" the same RGB/CMYK values ?

As I understand it, trademark law covers more than just the use of a 
specifically trademarked word.  Merely naming an item such that someone 
would make an obvious association with a trademark can be enough to 
infringe.

I seem to remember a case here in the UK some time ago where the 
manufacturers of "Penguin" chocolate biscuits successfully sued a 
supermarket for naming their competing product "Puffin" bars, and using 
packaging featuring a similar image of an upright dark-coloured bird.

Freetone 134 U, would probably fall foul of trademark law for similar 
reasons - i.e. the obvious association with the Pantone trademark - as, 
I suspect, would any other system which imitated the Pantone mapping of 
numbers to shades.

Usual disclaimers apply - I'm no lawyer, just some random internet 
blowhard. ;)

All the best,
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Alastair M. Robinson