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NBC Universal Was Sued for $2M for Using a Font Without a Proper License
Be careful, font vendors take finances seriously and won’t think twice before suing you — Here is what you should do to avoid it
I was once the person with a law background who saved a company from getting in such trouble.
No matter the size of your business — whether a small startup or a one-person operation — if you don’t handle font licensing correctly, you will get sued, some vendors even use automated tools to detect unlicensed font usage online.
But you don't need to panic — today, I’ll share a few tips on how your company can avoid such an unpleasant situation.
Before we continue, if there’s one lesson I want you to take from this article, it’s this:
Font licensing is too complex for your marketing team to manage alone.
Stick around until the end, I will explain how font licensing works and give you a framework to keep your company legally protected.
