Rob Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Baker-Bates wrote: > > What is the effect of registering something like Peter Rabbit as a trade > > mark instead of having it protected by copyright? > > - Control is perpetual. > - Control extends to any use of the character, not just a single > instance as with copyright. [...]
No, trademarks are controlled primarily for use in trade. There are various uses which are explicitly listed as non-infringing in the Trade Marks Act and many other uses from case law. That's why registering Peter Rabbit is useful for money-making, but not as useful for artistic control. IANAL etc but see http://www.iusmentis.com/trademarks/crashcourse/ Hope that explains, -- MJ Ray - see/vidu http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Somerset, England. Work/Laborejo: http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ IRC/Jabber/SIP: on request/peteble. _______________________________________________ fc-uk-discuss mailing list fc-uk-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/fc-uk-discuss
