hi pd-people!
i received an email from webring.com, telling me that "webring" is now a
registered trademark of webring.com and asking me to "discontinue use of
the term webring" on my website.
i don't know if this has any juristic relevance to me, since i am not in
the us and i am not using the
yeah, and as if anyone was taking away their revenue by using the
term. bloody hell i hate trademark/copyright laws.
understand you just doing the sensible thing and standing clear of the
bastards though.
the PD-RING is cool though. thanks for putting it up.
_
It's a joke ?
webring is a trademark, hahaha, it's ridiculous.
Jack
Le 18 oct. 07 à 11:08, kluppe a écrit :
> hi pd-people!
>
> i received an email from webring.com, telling me that "webring" is
> now a
> registered trademark of webring.com and asking me to "discontinue
> use of
> the term
Yeah - I'm pretty sure that's completely groundless. You should send a
copy to BoingBoing. They love that stuff.
Understandable that you don't want to get into it with a big company,
but I bet they don't have any legal leg to stand on.
It's a real bummer. The pd webring is where I first learned
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:09:30 +0900
"hard off" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> term. bloody hell i hate trademark/copyright laws.
It's not copyright/trademark law, these are abusers of trademark
law who operate from within a completely dysfunctional legal system
in a country that has apparently aban
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, kluppe wrote:
so: i changed the name and url of pd webring to pd_ring.
please change the code of pd webring on your websites to point to
http://pd.klingt.org/pd_ring/ instead.
You could also just ignore the guy.
I am not planning to update my pd webring code anytime soon.
He could just ignore them, which is the correct course of action.
But while it's fine to discuss this and call it for what it is, we
should support Kluppe if it is his decision to sidestep the stress
by modifying the links. Otherwise we are complicit in helping them
inflict damage, which is their
Le 18 oct. 07 à 17:25, Mathieu Bouchard a écrit :
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, kluppe wrote:
>
>> so: i changed the name and url of pd webring to pd_ring.
>> please change the code of pd webring on your websites to point to
>> http://pd.klingt.org/pd_ring/ instead.
>
> You could also just ignore the gu
hi,
in the US there is no difference between trademarks and registered
trademarks. you acquire a trademark by
a. Use
b. Registration
What is a trademark?
a. Trademarks: a distinctive work, phrase, logo, symbol, image or other
device that is used to distinguish one brand of product from another
b.
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:56:35 -0400
marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a. Use
Here's how I remember it Marius. The term "webring" was in use circa 1995, in
the "preteen adolescence" of the internet if you like. There were thousands
of webrings on all subjects from absailing to ZX81 game
I think webring is a generic term anyway, so I don't know what this
company wants. you cannot name a product "salt" when used in connection
with sodium chloride...
marius.
Andy Farnell wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:56:35 -0400
> marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> a. Use
>
> Her
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, marius schebella wrote:
I think webring is a generic term anyway, so I don't know what this
company wants. you cannot name a product "salt" when used in connection
with sodium chloride... marius.
I believe that this is a trademark that changed hands several times since
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