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--Bob. This is what Mike Schinkel <microformats-discuss@microformats.org> said about "RE: [uf-discuss] Re: MicroFormat Ltd" on 7 Nov 2006 at 15:14 > >> I highly doubt that it will cause real confusion; furthermore, who would > >> be sued? No one owns the microformats name besides the community > >> -- which is why it's a community mark. We really don't have any assets or > >> formal structure, so it would be rather difficult to bring this to court. > > The registered owner of the domain. It would be a cease-and-desist suit, > not necessarily a suit for damages. > > I wouldn´t contact them. > > -Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > Messina > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 1:18 PM > To: Microformats Discuss > Subject: [uf-discuss] Re: MicroFormat Ltd > > I highly doubt that it will cause real confusion; furthermore, who would be > sued? No one owns the microformats name besides the community > -- which is why it's a community mark. We really don't have any assets or > formal structure, so it would be rather difficult to bring this to court. > > But that's highly unlikely as it is, since their name is singular. I mean, > we could do the right thing and contact them to let them know that we're not > looking to encrouch and maybe we'll be rewarded with good karma... Or we > could just fuggetaboutit. > > ;) > > Chris > > On 11/7/06, Mike Schinkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> that would make it unlikely that they could "sue" > > anyone since > > > > Anybody can sue anyone for anything and hence eat up lots of lawyer bills. > > Whether they'd win is another subject. ;) > > > > Chris said that it is similar, and if MicroFormat Ltd's lawyer think > > it > > *might* confuse (and what lawyer's wouldn't think that when it is the > > most conservative option and they get to bill them to advise their > > client of such), they could send a cease and desist letter causing > > this group some pain. > > > > Anyway, either it will or will not happen; remains to be seen if it does. > > > > -Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Charles Iliya Krempeaux > > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:57 PM > > To: Microformats Discuss > > Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd > > > > Hello, > > > > They are in an entirely different industries. From my understanding > > of Trademark law... that would make it unlikely that they could "sue" > > anyone since (from the law's point-of-view) there is little chance of > > confusion between the 2 names (since they are in different industries). > > > > (Oh yeah... IANAL. But unless trademarks law has radically changed. > > I think AL would say something to that effect too.) > > > > > > See ya > > > > On 11/7/06, Colin Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Perhaps we could trademark "µformat" (greek-letter-mu format) and > > > say that the term "microformat" is just an expansion / alternate > > > name for it. I don't even know if that would work, IANAL. > > > > > > -Colin > > > > > > On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > > > > > > > Ouch. Sounds like a trademark fight might occur, as commercial > > > > entities lawyer's tend to recommend that kind of thing... > > > > > > > > -Mike Schinkel > > > > President; Guides, Inc. > > > > http://www.guidesinc.com > > > > (404) 474-8948 > > > > (404) 276-1276 cell > > > > (404) 474-8949 fax > > > > skype: mike.schinkel > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ > > > > http://www.welldesignedurls.org/ > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > > Of Chris Messina > > > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:01 AM > > > > To: Microformats Discuss > > > > Subject: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd > > > > > > > > Have you guys ever heard of MicroFormat Ltd? > > > > > > > > "Microformat has a long and proud history of involvement in > > > > preservation microfilming, and I am wholly delighted that we have > > > > been entrusted with this most important and exacting project'." > > > > > > > > It seems fitting, for some reason, since they're into the > > > > preservation of > > > > data: > > > > > > > > http://microformat.co.uk > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Chris Messina > > > > Citizen Provocateur & > > > > Open Source Ambassador-at-Large > > > > Work: http://citizenagency.com > > > > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog > > > > Cell: 412 225-1051 > > > > Skype: factoryjoe > > > > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. > > > > charles @ reptile.ca > > supercanadian @ gmail.com > > > > developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ > > > > -- > Chris Messina > Citizen Provocateur & > Open Source Ambassador-at-Large > Work: http://citizenagency.com > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog > Cell: 412 225-1051 > Skype: factoryjoe > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private > _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list microformats-discuss@microformats.org http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss