On 2/19/2015 10:02 AM, Dave Cole wrote: > Trademarking doesn't do much other than allowing someone/thing to take > some ownership of a name to make sure that someone else can't openly use > the same "name". > > Remember when EMC2 became LinuxCNC? That was due to what EMC saw as a > trademark infringement. (Which I still think was BS.. )
World Wildlife Fund VS World Wrestling Federation, over the letters WWF. They claimed "damages" from being "forced" to have to always spell out their full name and use their panda bear logo to avoid "confusion" with the wrestling company. If I had Donald Trump money I'd sue them for abandonment of trademark since they have not sued EVERY organization or company on Earth with the initials WWF. If you're going to abuse the law over three letters being used by a completely unrelated business, you'd better be prepared to sue *everyone* using those letters. FranklinCovey has a trademark on "7 Habits", from "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". They do NOT have a trademark on "Seven Habits", though they have repeatedly tried to get one. Use a phrase like "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates" in a somewhat popular webcomic and FranklinCovey will send a C&D letter, despite there being no trademark infringement. If it came to a lawsuit, they'd probably win despite not having a legal leg to stand on, just like the World Wildlife Fund. It rather irritates me to see successful intimidation and lawsuits that are such gross misrepresentations and violations of trademark law. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
