Hmmmm I may've been off base on this trademark thing. I've done a little poking around on the net and while it seems that Derrick has http://www.demf.com locked down, I can't find any reference to him owning the trademark.
I did find this article, but it reads like a whole lotta PR spin to me: http://www.combattkd.com/news42.htm DEMF Founder Carol Marvin and World Boxing Legend Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns Form DEMF Inc. I have a feeling this is going to be settled in court. *sigh* m* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyborg K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313" <[email protected]>; "Carissa Tintinalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:23 PM Subject: RE: (313) more demf stuff... > Well, from what I know, incorporating DEMF would simply mean that a business > named "DEMF, Inc." exists. A trademark, on the other hand, gives you the > right to market a product or services under a given name, like a brand name, > regardless of the name of the company that is selling the product. So , > given the information you just gave, I'd guess that Marvin's "DEMF Inc." > would not have any right to market an event called "DEMF" or a product that > says "DEMF (tm)" on it, only May or his company would have that right. > Possibly Marvin could be sued for infringing on the trademark if that > happened. I'm no lawyer but this is my understanding of it. This is only > true if May really owns the DEMF trademark, of course. > > /Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carissa Tintinalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 7:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) more demf stuff... > > > My understanding is that Derrick May has 'DEMF' trademarked, while Carol > Marvin has 'DEMF' incorporated. > > I know nothing about copyright law, so I'm not sure if one of these cancels > out the other or if they both have equal right to the name. > > >From: Mark S. Krüx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Didn't I read somewhere that May had trademarked 'DEMF' awhile back, > or > >something like that?? > > > >This all sounds a quite strange to me... > > > >m* > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > >
