Path

3 Comments on “Path”

1. Stephen Coles says:

   Sep 7th, 2013 12:31 am

   According to TechCrunch, Path is currently trying to prevent Pinterest from using its custom designed ‘P’ as an icon.

   

   This could be a fascinating battle to watch given that US law offers no protection (beyond font software) for alphabets or typeface designs. If one is allowed to use a letter from a typeface as a trademarked logo, perhaps the way for type designers to protect their work is to invent a “brand” for each glyph in their typeface and trademark it as a logo. ;)

2. Mark Simonson says:

   Sep 7th, 2013 1:26 am

   If they had clipped off a corner here or there, they might have a stronger position. But I’m glad they didn’t. I hate when people do that. (See http://cuttingedgelogos.tumblr.com)

3. Florian Hardwig says:

   Sep 7th, 2013 7:28 am

   Stephen wrote:

   Path is currently trying to prevent Pinterest from using its custom designed ‘P’ as an icon.

   No, putting it like this is not accurate. To quote TechCrunch directly:

   Instead, Path is looking here to only stop Pinterest from gaining the design trademark, which it could then use against Path and others if it chose.