Oh, g, this is good to know
By adamg - 11/25/08 - 3:40 pm
The Globe and the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, which uses a stylized lower-case 'g' in its promotional material, will not engage in a ruinous, multi-year trademark battle over the seventh letter of the alphabet, Wicked Local Winchester reports (adding that the museum trademarked its g before the Globe renamed Sidekick as g):
"We believe the two g's can coexist for the different products and services they offer under their trademarks," said Bob Powers, vice-president of communications and public affairs for "The Boston Globe."
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Smart Decision
Not a good idea to spend the time/money to sue a company that's probably going to be bankrupt soon, anyway.
Common sense dictates that
Common sense dictates that you dont sue a newspaper if your an institution that depends on free and cheap publicity to get yourself noticed. Maybe the Globe will be nice to them and feature g in the g section of the Boston globe more often...
I suppose it's better than a
I suppose it's better than a Capital G.
The Letter 'N'
Many ears ago, the NBC Television Network decided to replace its peacock logo with something news, since color television was now ubiquitous. So they hired a design firm, which, for about a million dollars (about $4 million in today's money) came up with a capital 'N'. Oops...Nebraska Public Television, then serving Omaha and most of the rest of the state, had been using a capital 'N' for years, with just about the same typeface. NBC settled with NEPTV and went back to the peacock, which it uses to this day!