Magenta copyrighted?

[thimon]

So dataJAR have been threatened with legal action for using the same colour as T-Mobile... Crazy?

 

https://datajar.co.uk/magentagate/

[hardtailstar]

So is Nike going to sue Adidas for use of the same white?

[rad]

its 1 shade of magenta different!

[Arthur]

Crazy?

Especially since dataJAR's logo contains pink, not magenta.

 

www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/09/deutsche_telekom_t_mobile_threatens_datajar_pink_logo/

 

A quick look at the Deutsche Telekom trademark itself reveals that DT holds the rights for "Magenta (RAL 4010 telemagenta)". That's it; there is no other description than a big square of the controversial colour. A free online colour converter showed us that RAL 4010 converts to RGB 188, 64, 119. That's important because Datajar's style guide, a copy of which Ridsdale sent El Reg, clearly specifies its house pink as RGB 225, 96, 163 – a subtly different shade, as can be seen above.

 

 

T-Mobile (top) / dataJAR (bottom)

[FN-GM]

You couldn't make this up....

[sparkeh]

The people bringing this suit are just more passengers for the Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B I think.