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   Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream: (volpeon@mk.vulpes.one)'s status on Sunday, 30-Oct-2022 02:11:58 JST Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream:

   I thought the patented colors thing was just some meme, what the heck :blobfoxgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands:
   
   https://twitter.com/funwithstuff/status/1585850262656143360

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     Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream: (volpeon@mk.vulpes.one)'s status on Sunday, 30-Oct-2022 02:32:57 JST Volpeon :drgn_fire:​:drgn_scream:

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     • Grillchens Tagebuch

     @khaosgrille@fedi.absturztau.be I think you misunderstood the situation. Here's a nice blog post about it: https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/28/fade-to-black/#trust-the-process
     
     Key sections:Pantone is a system for specifying color-matching. A Pantone number corresponds to a specific tint that's either made by mixing the four standard print colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black, AKA "CMYK"), or by applying a "spot" color.There's a "thin" database copyright on the Pantone values and their ink equivalents. Anyone selling a RIP or printer that translates Pantone numbers to inks almost certainly has to license Pantone's copyright there.The name -> color mapping is what's getting copyrighted here.

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     Grillchens Tagebuch (khaosgrille@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Sunday, 30-Oct-2022 02:32:58 JST Grillchens Tagebuch

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     @volpeon it is simplified. colors are not patented. a color combined with a design can be, for example a logo. adobe could keep the color scheme if they would change their logo. not sure if u can patent a color to be used in any logo. more likely something like: square, round corners at a certain size, blue white, etc.
     
     adobe cannot simply edit their logo and be done since even if it does not fit exactly the patent, it still might be too close
     
     either they make a new one or choose another color
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