Trademarks can be unenforceable in the Uk if you can show prior usage. Don’t know about Australia. It’s annoying though.
On Sunday, 16 September 2018, David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote: > But arent Rode in Australia, anyway? > > DAavid > > At 02:32 16-09-18, Garry Margolis wrote: > > > >I’m not a lawyer, but my understanding is that under USA law, anyone > >can claim a trademark, but this particular claim wouldn’t be > >defensible because of its prior general usage. > > > >Garry > > -- > >Garry Margolis > >gar...@panix.com > > > >On Sep 15, 2018, at 10:42 AM, Paul Hodges <pwh-surro...@cassland.org> > wrote: > >> > >> --On 15 September 2018 18:25 +0100 Phi Shu <phi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Surely not something that can be granted considering the terms have > >>> been widely used for decades? > >> > >> Trademark rules are far from obvious. Microsoft trademarked the word > >> "bookshelf" at one point. > >> > >> But I can't see what they think they gain by doing it anyway... > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> -- > >> Paul Hodges > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sursound mailing list > >> Sursound@music.vt.edu > >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > >here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Sursound mailing list > >Sursound@music.vt.edu > >https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > >here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- Dr. Augustine Leudar Artistic Director Magik Door LTD Company Number : NI635217 Registered 63 Ballycoan rd, Belfast BT88LL www.magikdoor.net +44(0)7555784775 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20180916/5258876c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
