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Can you patent a color?

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alaskakid
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Can a company patent a color? Like not the name of it but the actual color.
Jun 3 2007 5:49AM
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MrScruff
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You couldn't patent a colour, but some companies have trademarks on colours
Jun 3 2007 6:13AM
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akerbacker
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i dont think so. all the colours already exist. u could patent a pattern tho maybe
Jun 3 2007 8:38AM
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mattyb.
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I think you can. I think it was P.diddy maybe, who patented his own color of blue, it might have been 50 cent. But they did do it.
Jun 3 2007 8:59AM
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MrScruff
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/03/25/cadbury_trademarks_t.html

Some stuff there about trademarked colours. Although it says Yves Klein patented a colour, he in fact patented the method of producing the colour using resins and stuff
Jun 3 2007 9:25AM
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Mr_Bojangles
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Kodak patented 'Kodak Yellow', and Cadbury patented 'Cadbury Purple'. Yes, it's possible.
Jun 3 2007 10:15AM
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010
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yes, you can patent a color. Bucknell University patented the color of their bricks
Jun 3 2007 10:16AM
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killabees
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COLOR
C-O-L-O-R
dayum canadians
naw
but really
Jun 3 2007 10:17AM
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Dynastar1242
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jay-z patented a color called jay-z blue
Jun 3 2007 11:11AM
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skifree919
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isnt nantucket red patented? But i mean couldnt you just make the same color, and call it something else, and your good? Seems like a silly idea to me
Jun 3 2007 11:28AM
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