Colors can be trademarked in conjunction with certain services. Does this applies to UIs of computer programs as well?
Some article I saw about suing Tesla for using a color scheme reminiscent of Blade Runner 2049.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/blade-runner-2049-producers-sue-elon-musk-tesla-warner-bros-discovery-1.7359260That was about AI generated artworks actually.
Sure. Why would a computer UI be an exception? Law applies to computer interfaces the same way as it does to other things.
Trademarking colors is difficult though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour_trade_markTldr: you can do it, but you have to argue real well that the color is distictive and associated exclusively with your brand.
An example of a trademarked color is ups brown
I think UIs are more typically patented if they do something unique.
I’m pretty sure we know there are some trademarked UI elements though—I’d be surprised if the start button wasn’t a Microsoft trademark at least when they launched windows 95
