April 11, 2023
Shake Shack says it shouldn't have to face breach of contract counterclaims in its suit alleging a font foundry made legal threats over its use of the Neutraface typeface, arguing there wasn't any deal to break in the first place.
September 16, 2022
Shake Shack is the latest company to be accused of infringing a type foundry's copyrighted font based on the Neutra typeface, but the burger chain's preemptive suit to shut down those claims illuminates an important difference between a typeface and a font, attorneys say.
September 12, 2022
Shake Shack sued House Industries in New York federal court Friday for threatening to take legal action over its use of the Neutra typeface, alleging that the font foundry is trying to "shake down" the burger chain to obtain licensing fees for something in the public domain that has no copyright protection.