Two concepts that we can no longer cite (not that I was planning to)!
Amazing and hard to believe what can be trademarked.
-- Manuel


> On 13-03-07 1:04 PM, "James Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear Lawrence,
>
> Your email peaked my interest/curiosity so I went ahead and googled the
> terms and found out that they are TMarked by UToronto -
> http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/business-designtm-examined-at-rotman-mba-business-conference-75850957.html
>
> “Business Design(TM): The New Competitive Weapon……Business design
> proposes an integrative model where the solutions to challenging problems
> are achieved in a collaborative and cross functional manner……Integrative
> Thinking and Business Design are registered trademarks of the Rotman School
> of Management.”
>
> So what happens if we write papers that use these terms?  Can we
> theoretically be sued or will we/our publishing outlets have to pay
> royalties to UT?
>
> In a funnier sense, it reminds me of Luck Kellaway of the FT’s
> (sub)alter-ego from a few years back - Martin Lukes – and his Creovation™
> trademark - http://wikibin.org/articles/creovation.html.
>
> Jim
>
>
> James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor
> Graduate School of Geography
> Clark University
> 950 Main Street
> Worcester, MA 01610
> USA
>
> (508) 793-7687 (phone)
> (508) 793-8881 (fax)
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>
> http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/ <
> http://www.clarku.edu/departments/geography/>
>
>
> *From:* AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group [
> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>]
> *On Behalf Of *Lawrence Berg
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 07, 2013 3:43 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: Post-Doc Position(s) Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto
>
> Kevin,
> Does the trade-mark sign actually mean that the Rotman School at U of
> Toronto has trade-marked “integrative thinking” and “business design”?
> Thanks,
> Lawrence
>
>
> On 13-03-07 11:53 AM, "Kevin Stolarick" <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> built around Integrative Thinking™ and Business Design™.
>
> --
> Lawrence D. Berg *BA (dist.), MA, DPhil
> *Professor | Critical Geography
> Co-Director | UBC Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice
> Community, Culture, & Global Studies | *The University of British Columbia
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> *
> Editor: *ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
> **http://www.acme-journal.org
> **
> *
>
>
>
> --
> Lawrence D. Berg *BA (dist.), MA, DPhil
> *Professor | Critical Geography
> Co-Director | UBC Centre for Social, Spatial & Economic Justice
> Community, Culture, & Global Studies | *The University of British Columbia
> *Arts 368-368D | 3333 University Way | Kelowna, BC, Canada, V1V 1V7
> Phone +1 250 807 9392 | Fax +1 250 807 8001
> Email: *[email protected]
> *Web I: *http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/ccgs/faculty/berg.html
> *Web II: *http://ubc.academia.edu/LawrenceBerg
> *
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> **http://www.acme-journal.org
> **
> *
>
>
>


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