Thanks for the interesting article - We received a cease and desist related to use of font names in our product recently -- saying that we could not display font names in a wysiwyg html editor. While I personally thought we were safe due to fair use, we had to accommodate the trademark holders or deal with the legal system. I hadn't thought that trademark would be a barrier to innovation the way that I think patent law can be ( at least in the software arena ), but I guess I was wrong. Wrote an article that includes the cease and desist here: http://blog.protoshare.com/2009/09/22/fonts-html-editors-and-lawyers/
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Trademark law needs help
Thanks for the interesting article - We received a cease and desist related to use of font names in our product recently -- saying that we could not display font names in a wysiwyg html editor. While I personally thought we were safe due to fair use, we had to accommodate the trademark holders or deal with the legal system. I hadn't thought that trademark would be a barrier to innovation the way that I think patent law can be ( at least in the software arena ), but I guess I was wrong. Wrote an article that includes the cease and desist here: http://blog.protoshare.com/2009/09/22/fonts-html-editors-and-lawyers/