[thelist] Re: Logo design...
Mattias Thorslund
mattias at inreach.com
Fri Jan 28 14:53:59 CST 2005
Viveka Weiley wrote:
>There seems to be an incredible amount of confusion about copyrights,
>patents and trademarks (often put together under the misnomer of
>"intellectual property") in the web design community.
>
<snipped a lot of useful stuff>
Thanks for this. I note that I have been corrected on a few points but
feel vindicated on most.
A technicality that remains is precisely how similar two designs can be
before it would be considered a copyright infringement. I'm afraid
there is no absolute answer anyway. If a designer used copy-and-paste
from one project to another, for different clients, I could see a
problem. But if he's simply re-using design ideas there would be no
problem. Still if it's custom design (and that's the only reason I'd
hire a designer, cause I can copy and paste too), too much imitation
usually means a poor work product.
Best, Mattias
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