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One Step Lower Than Stealing Sheep

Ars Technica has a nice report on Microsoft losing a font trademark in the EU. Officers of the Invalidity Division of the Office of Harmonization agreed that Microsoft’s Segoe, to be used in its new Vista operating system, is actually Linotype’s Frutiger LT 45 Light. The funny thing about this, of course, is that this wouldn’t matter in the U.S. – you can defend the rights to font names here, but not their appearance.

(Thanks to Dan and Tony for … well, pretty much the whole post, except for the weak typographer in-joke in the title.)