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Commentary August 16, 2002 The terror of Linotype continues in 2002: August 2002 report |
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To: beaumont@freelang.com |
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/ttf_polonais_europe20.zip HELVETICA
Copyright : (C) 1993 Howard M. Berlin, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Hm. The name Helvetica is indeed a Linotype trademark. But
the name "European Helvetica" is not. Also, the data seem
to belong to Howard M. Berlin.
/ttf_serbe_helvetica.zip HELVETICA and
/ttf_serbe_roman.zip TIMES
Copyright : (c) Copyright 1993 - GALAXY 2001
What to make of this? Galaxy is not a well-known company.
The fonts may be an adaptation of Linotype's Helvetica and
Times Roman by Galaxy, but Linotype did not prove that
in their letter to Beaumont.
/ttf_esperanto_sudeuro.zip TIMES
Copyright : Public domain ISO-Latin3 encoded subset of Times New Roman.
This is the really interesting case. This is clearly a Monotype
font. It is, in fact, Monotype's Times font (Times New Roman
is a name that belongs to Monotype!!) with the encoding vector
adapted for use with Esperanto. Monotype is no longer being
attacked by Linotype regarding its use of the name Times. Linotype
seems content to let them use it as Times New Roman, to
differentiate it from Linotype's Times Roman. I do not
think (but am not sure) that Linotype has challenged Monotype
over the name Times SudEuro. If that is indeed the case, and
since the Times SudEuro font has been out since 1988, I think
that Linotype has forfeited its challenge, and cannot now,
14 years later, claim that it does not like that name! Trademarks
have to be defended right away--all lawyers know that.
Even more outrageous is the fact that this font is called
the "intellectual property of Linotype". I would like to
hear Monotype's view on this. The font was made at Monotype
by its staff. The data belong to Monotype, period.
If I were a Linotype executive, I would fire Yilmaz on
the spot over a blatant error like this that could one day
cost Linotype a lot of money.
/ttf_vietnamien_vpstimes.zip TIMES
Copyright : VPS FONT VPS Font is a major Vietnamese font maker. It is not clear
what the genealogical roots are of this font.
/ttf_vietnamien_vntimes.zip TIMES
Copyright : TCVN-5712
This information is rather cryptic. Note that the name VnTime
has no blank in it, so I do not see how the name could fall
under the Times trademark rule. Besides, the word Times (with an s)
is not present in VnTime. So, this too is an
unbelievable error on the part of Yilmaz, whose competence
has to be questioned.
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- times sud euro is in public domain |
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Dear Sir
I thought that Linotype was referring to trademark protection of the
names Times and Helvetica all along, but now they seem to
object to the Berlin and VPS Font copyright. That is another ballgame
because Berlin and VPS font claim copyright. Linotype is saying that their
data were in fact copied. (If I have more time, I will check the
outlines and report back on this.)
What is more interesting is what Linotype is NOT mentioning--they
dropped our friend Times SudEuro from the discussion, because they
all of a sudden realize that they are on Monotype's territory. They
are aware of their previous mistake. If I were Beaumont, I would
ask them for proof that Times SudEuro is their intellectual property,
as originally claimed, and see them wiggle out of that one.
If they made a false claim, and if Beaumont were living in Canada
or the United States, he would have a great legal case!
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Luc Devroye |