As a protest, someone has trademarked the phrase "Freedom of Expression". He hoped of course that it would be knocked down. But so far it has been upheld.
Show me the case, because there's no possible way you're right here.
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
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bon bon - Feb 02, 2003 7:23:34 pm PST #1550 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
P.M. Marc - Feb 02, 2003 7:23:41 pm PST #1551 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Shawn, I love it when you get all lawyer-y.
You are going to kick so much courtroom ass.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 7:24:38 pm PST #1552 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
That meant they could prevent ANYONE from using a confusingly similar mark, even if it happened to be the Brazilian goverment,
Says who? Why shouldn't the Brazilians stick their finger up at UK trademark law and pass a law saying it is fine for any Brazilian oil co. to use the Brazilian flag anytime it likes.
bon bon - Feb 02, 2003 7:26:04 pm PST #1553 of 9843
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Says who? Why shouldn't the Brazilians stick their finger up at UK trademark law and pass a law saying it is fine for any Brazilian oil co. to use the Brazilian flag anytime it likes.
They can. JUST NOT IN ENGLAND.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 7:26:05 pm PST #1554 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Boo Hoo.
Why? The guy who built up his business and reputation loses out, because people hear of his reputation but then go elsewhere. The consumer loses out, because they go expecting great pizza and end up with merely adequate pizza. Eventually, every other Famous Original Ray's loses out, because the name came to mean nothing but "cliched New York pizzeria" and doesn't signify quality anymore.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 7:26:13 pm PST #1555 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Boo Hoo.
Zoe, who are you protecting? The consumer? The business holder of the name? Other businesses?
Or Scotland?
The fate of any one pizza company is of so little importance to me that it is impossible to express just how little I care whether they make good pizzas or not.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 02, 2003 7:26:46 pm PST #1556 of 9843
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I believe it could use the Braziliam flag in Brazil, just not in England, where it might be confusing. Now the restaurant named Oscar's in my town is probably not going to get confused with, you know, the ceremoney and the little statue in Hollywood, but there was never an actual law-suit, they caved because they were one little restaurant in wester New York.
Typo Boy - Feb 02, 2003 7:26:46 pm PST #1557 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Er just to clarify. Petrobras is not a private company. (Well this days it is half private.) Petrobras is owned by the Brazilian state.
But I'm not opposing trademark. Ray's is an example of why a modest trademark law is worthwhile. (Though I note that Ray's is also an example fo why the innovators that most need it will often neglect to use it.) I just want a little sanity and commonsense applied. The only valid purpose of legal protection of a trademark is to prevent confusion. Any reasonable accomdation that can be allowed to let somebody else use the trademark they want, but still clearly avoid confusion should be made. And both trademark and copyright should be viewed as legal protections - not property rights. That would tend to lead to their being enforced in the least rather than most restrictive ways.
brenda m - Feb 02, 2003 7:27:00 pm PST #1558 of 9843
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Says who? Why shouldn't the Brazilians stick their finger up at UK trademark law and pass a law saying it is fine for any Brazilian oil co. to use the Brazilian flag anytime it likes.
They can do that. Just not in Britain.
§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 7:27:14 pm PST #1559 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The fate of any one pizza company is of so little importance to me that it is impossible to express just how little I care whether they make good pizzas or not.
The fate of any one family is of so little importance to me that it is impossible to express just how little I care whether or not they have a restaurant.
Or something.