TypoTechnica 2003Thomas CaldwellFont DevelopmentCoordinatorProcess and QualityManagement

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ContentsWhen to use ® and ™Adding Trademarks andCopyrights to your FontsTrademarkDesign Patents & DesignRegistrationCopyrightEnd User LicenseAgreementsWhy Protect your Work?Types of ProtectionHow and where toregisterWhat Linotype Librarydoes to Protect yourFontsAldus™Antique Olive®Banco®ITC Bauhaus®Plantin®Times Ten™Zapfino™”Knowledge is the bestprotection.“

Why Protect yourWork?

Why Protect your Work?The devlopment of fontsand new technologies isexpensive and financedthrough salesFont piracy is everywhere.Designers would have noauthorship rights to theirdesigns without protectionNothing would stop piratesfrom copying fonts. En-forcement of intellectualproperty rights is onlypossible with correctprotectionNo sale of fonts ispossible withoutdocumented authorship(designer andmanufactuerer) andwithout a contract (EndUser License Agreement)