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EU Throws out Microsoft's Vista Font Trademark

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stirred-up-a-hornets-nest dept.

vitaly.friedman writes "Microsoft has lost another round at the EU though this time it has nothing to do with the antitrust case. This time the dispute is over fonts; specifically Segoe, one of the typefaces Microsoft wants to use in Vista. Microsoft filed its "registered community design" for the font back in January of 2004, paid the required fee, and everything was great until December." A copy of the decision is also available.

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  1. Re:Quick! by Krach42 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, read the details of the case. Microsoft told the EU that Segoe was identical to Frutiger Next.

    Naturally no one should be able to register an IP that is identical to someone else's.

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  2. Re:Quick! by Luctius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, its just that the EU does say no to microsoft.

  3. Re:Quick! by Xiph · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or possibly, they've picked up on MicroSofts way of doing things, and are starting to put their "requests" under some scrutiny.
    As they should do with any company.

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