I really like google’s approach in design, it’s clean and simple.I want to use their guidelines in one of my up coming projects (which is quite a big one). what is the legal status for using google’s design guidelines in your application design? under what licence are they released ?! Answer You can produce whatever … Read more
I’ve created an image that uses some source images that have been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 US license. This license is not a share-alike license, meaning that derivative works do not need to be released under the same license. I was wondering, however, if I could also release my derivative work to … Read more
A client wants us to use this specific Uncle Sam logo: The Uncle Sam logo was used by the US Government starting ~75 years ago. This one may or may not be a re-creation, but out of general curiosity: If someone re-creates an old public domain icon today, do they own it, or is that … Read more
I’m writing an article about Blockchain to publish in my LinkedIn and the blog of the company that I work for, and I mighty use some third-party pictures. Some of them I found on the internet, from websites such as Financial Times. However, I’m not sure if I can use third-party pictures on my publication … Read more
I was wondering if there is a copyright on the color schemes of some brands. For example can I use the exact colors of FedEx (purple and brown) in combination for my own logo? Or for example Pepsi’s logo: Can I use those exact colors in a logo I create? Thanks for helping me out! … Read more
I’ve heard informally that a font license only applies to the file of a font, that if you use a particular font to produce designs, and distribute those designs without the font file included, you don’t have to abide to the font license. Is this true? More formally: Is it true that if you have … Read more
This question already has an answer here: What should happen if a logo I made is similar to another? (1 answer) Closed 3 years ago. My logo is a similar looking diamond like this one of Diamond Supply Co. It’s a really similar shape, but the inside markings are different, so my question is would … Read more
For example can I use the exact colors of Google Logo in my own logo? I have found the following information about the google logo here Googele logo trademark However this article on google site clearly says not to imitate google color combination .I was hoping to use exact same color combination on my own … Read more
I have been given the responsibility of doing a very simple Photoshop edit for a long distance friend’s website: putting an image inside of text. They have asked me to use one of their photos to put inside the text. I’m new to graphic design (not schooled) so I just want to cover my bases. … Read more
Is it illegal to reproduce a recognisable character illustrated as a silhouette? Say f.ex a custom drawn silhouette of R2-D2 with the roman letters “IV” printed on it, would that be a copyright issue of Lucas Film? I’m not talking about using copyrighted logotypes, images etc. All art would be original but the motives are … Read more
