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		wyldfire on Aug 24, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Feather: Open-source icons Unfortunately, copyrights and trademarks aren't mutually exclusive, so technically logos could be infringing derivative works if copyrighted.

onli on Aug 24, 2017 [–]

Oh, seems like I'm out of my depth there :/ I do understand that copyright might apply, but not how it could make such logos problematic (in US-law, right?). In which way can such a logo be infringing derivative work?

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