[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-21 Thread justifiedright
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

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread justifiedright
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, "fanc

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread fancypaaantz
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 ed

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread justifiedright
Maybe not Palisades but Coney Island. Here's a link with the Tillie logo and a copyright mark (you might make the case that it's Tillie's scarier older brother just relesed from prison, but I think the artist said it was the same guy): http://www.coneyisland.com/ --- In AsburyPark@yahoogrou

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread Mario
In a message dated 9/18/2008 11:39:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What you now have is a piece of AP to market. >From 1890 NYT http://tinyurl.com/4jodab THE BUSTLE AT ASBURY PARK.; VIGOROUS EFFORTS MAKING TO PROLONG THE SEASON'S FESTIVITIES

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread justifiedright
> An one for our resident attorney - The Tillie image - public domain > or not? Interesting question. Go look at the logo for the Palisades Chamber of Commerce (I think it was Palisades). They have Tillie as their logo - with a copyright mark. Yahoo!

[AsburyPark] Re: Bloomberg News: "Poor Tillie"

2008-09-18 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the midst of a financial crisis, Bloomberg still finds time to run a > "Tillie Exclusive": > Tillie was nothing for years. Not t-shrits, no mugs, no nothing, as least as far as I recall. If it were, I might of made