Wednesday, October 14, 2009

COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK: NBC sued for Copyright and Trademark Infringement of Typeface Font Software

The Font Bureau, Inc., a well known typeface font designer and provider of typeface font software, sued NBC Universal, Inc. and CNBC, Inc. ("NBC") for trademark and copyright infringement of its typeface font software.  NBC allegedly used the font software on NBC's websites and distributed the software to third parties in breach of its end user license agreement and without obtaining The Font Bureau's permission.  The Font Bureau is seeking an injunction, $150,000 in actual damages or $2 million in statutory damages, whichever is greater, plus attorneys' fees and costs.  The Font Bureau has designed typeface fonts for Apple, American Express, Palm Computing, Hewlett Packard and The Wall Street Journal.
Read more about the case here.

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