Hey Sandpiper,
I know you worked in IP and it's certainly not my area.
Any idea about the Tillie questions I asked below?
I'm very curious.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Not my area (litigated a few but certainly not my concentration),
so
> I'll ask you questions.
>
> The Coney Island Tillie seems to have a copyright mark, and it
seems
> to be incroporated into their logo.
>
> Would it get both copyright and trademark protection?
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "fancypaaantz" <fancypaaantz@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mixing up a couple of legal concepts here. Whether something is
in
> the
> > public domain (from a copyright perspective) generally refers to
> the
> > age of a work (artistic expression), if you do a search on
Google,
> you
> > can find some time tables on when works pass into the public
> domain,
> > for your own edification, if that topic interests you.
> >
> > If something is an indicator of the source or origin of a product
> or
> > service, it is a trademark. Trademark rights do not pass into the
> > public domain, but exist as long as the producer uses the mark
> (logo,
> > etc) as a mark in commerce (unless the mark becomes generic,
which
> is
> > kind of like being in the public domain I guess, but is a
> different
> > legal concept).
> >
> > That's the general IP primer of the day, but not specific as to
> > Tillie.
> >
>
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