Well, from what I know, incorporating DEMF would simply mean that a business named "DEMF, Inc." exists. A trademark, on the other hand, gives you the right to market a product or services under a given name, like a brand name, regardless of the name of the company that is selling the product. So , given the information you just gave, I'd guess that Marvin's "DEMF Inc." would not have any right to market an event called "DEMF" or a product that says "DEMF (tm)" on it, only May or his company would have that right. Possibly Marvin could be sued for infringing on the trademark if that happened. I'm no lawyer but this is my understanding of it. This is only true if May really owns the DEMF trademark, of course.
/Dave -----Original Message----- From: Carissa Tintinalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:48 PM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) more demf stuff... My understanding is that Derrick May has 'DEMF' trademarked, while Carol Marvin has 'DEMF' incorporated. I know nothing about copyright law, so I'm not sure if one of these cancels out the other or if they both have equal right to the name. >From: Mark S. Krüx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Didn't I read somewhere that May had trademarked 'DEMF' awhile back, > or >something like that?? > >This all sounds a quite strange to me... > >m* _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
