You’re right. Sony sued (or sent a C&D letter, don’t remember exactly) dbrand when they made PS5 housing plates with the triangle, square… Etc.
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agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 week ago
Aren’t the PS symbols copyrighted/branded? I read somewhere that there’s some IP involved, so you can’t use the standard symbols.
penquin@lemm.ee 1 week ago
TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Pretty sure they are. Dbrand got sued by Sony for the first version of their darkplates because of the symbols on the inside. theverge.com/…/dbrand-pulls-ps5-darkplates-from-s…
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 week ago
Can you copyright basic geometric shapes?
samus12345@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Curse Microsoft for having popular controllers with wrong button labels! This is the only correct layout!
YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fuck that, XYAB for life
nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 week ago
I think the point is they copyrighted these symbols as part of their branding, just like their logo, so in the context of games and game controllers
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They all have their symbols copyrighted or trademarked I think, so they can’t just use standard button orientations. The punks.
cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
What I can’t draw squares and circles anymore?
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The specific design of the shapes is trademarked. Drawing circles and squares is fine. Using those specific shapes in a game meant for use with a Playstation controller falls under fair use. Otherwise using them in any way that it would seem like Sony would be involved, not so much.
IANAL, but this describes it well enough.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Branding is product specific. I wouldn’t be surprised if nobody can put a pink square and red circle on their controller due to trademark, but that doesn’t mean Sony owns red circles and pink squares. It means they have reserved the right to exclusively have those buttons on their controllers as it’s part of their branding. If other people put those buttons on their controllers it could be mistaken for a Sony controller. If you want to put a pink square and red circle on another product Sony doesn’t sell then you’re probably fine.