Jon from the strange Isokon emails me the following tale. In a world where we're increasingly having to spend ages discussing IP with lawyers, this is an interesting story.
Picture taken from predragbubalo with huge thanks, usual stuff applies
"A friend of mine is a designer for a company that did a promotion in the
US city of Las Vegas. They needed various signage and branding for the
promotion that would be displayed throughout the area it was taking place.
What he later found out from the company's legal dept., was that in the
city of Las Vegas, the following graphic/sign elements are trademarked by
Las Vegas itself...
Stars with seven or more points
Stars, three or more; Three or more stars
Circles, plain single line; Plain single line circles
Circles, three or more; Three or more circles
Diamonds with decorative borders; Diamonds with plain multiple line
border; Diamonds with plain single border; Plain diamonds with a single or
multiple line border and decorative borders
Rectangles that are completely or partially shaded"
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