Klaus Graf writes:

Nobody can be in doubt that the Volvo Logo isn't copyrighted at least

in the US.

Of course they can. Plenty of letterform-based designs are copyrighted in the United States.

If attorneys are confusing trademark and copyright protection Wikimedia counsel should not imitate them.

I'm not imitating anyone, but thanks.

Would you PLEASE read

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality

I hope you will understand why I choose not to ignore my understanding of copyright law and defer instead to a Wikipedia article, no matter how well-intentioned it is, and no matter how highly I respect Wikipedia as a general-knowledge resource. Wikipedia is not an authority on what copyright is, or on what is copyrightable.

Thank you.

Oh, no, thank *you*.

--Mike