gnuplot legend overlaps graph

Question

Essentially, the problem that I am experiencing is that the legend overlaps the gnuplot graph that I am trying to plot as illustrated in the following diagram.

Answer 1

You could move the legend outside the plotting area, then they definitely wouldn't overlap:

gnuplot> set key outside

See here for many more options regarding the placement of the legend or key: http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/docs_4.2/node192.html