this one is even better. DEMF Inc. senior executives, Tommy Hearns, Carol Marvin and Michael Smith will be attending the opening of the Detroit Techno exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum on Friday evening. A significant portion of the exhibit showcases the 1994 The World Party and the 2000 Detroit Electronic Music Festival -- both of which were produced by Marvin.
I like the last line ;-) scotto lansing, mi. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark S. Krüx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Cyborg K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org>; "Carissa Tintinalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:14 PM Subject: Re: (313) more demf stuff... > Hmmmm I may've been off base on this trademark thing. I've done a little > poking around on the net and while it seems that Derrick has > http://www.demf.com locked down, I can't find any reference to him owning > the trademark. > > I did find this article, but it reads like a whole lotta PR spin to me: > > http://www.combattkd.com/news42.htm > DEMF Founder Carol Marvin and World Boxing Legend Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns > Form DEMF Inc. > > I have a feeling this is going to be settled in court. > > *sigh* > > m* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cyborg K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org>; "Carissa Tintinalli" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:23 PM > Subject: RE: (313) more demf stuff... > > > > 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 > > > > > >
