[dagmx]

I think your comment is outrage caused by a lack of understanding of the product.

They don’t copyright the color. The copyright the product associated with the color.

You can use the same RGB or CMYK colors. You however don’t get the guarantees of what the spectral responses of that color are and you don’t get the guarantees of printers having palettes to match the color.

[Dylan16807]

Copyrighting a product? What are you talking about? You can get trademarks on some things, but copyrights are not relevant here.

I can tell a printer to color match a pantone swatch without violating anything.