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Hey, Jim, I'll send you the xeroxes of patents for fonts. Our lawyer looked into it, and sure enough, some people got patents on them as "industrial designs". As for copyright, there is little limitation on what you send to the Copyright Office. In past jobs, I've sent hex dumps of programs, and they accepted them just fine. If you've got a xerox of an article about that "recent case" that says bitmap data is not protected, that would be good to see, because it would mean that someone could rip off bitmap data with impunity. Trademarks on names I know about. Enforcement in the courts is the bottom line. In the Amiga market, I'm sure we can get away with a lot, because there isn't much money here, compared to the Mac or PC market.