Thanks Allan, Points taken. As I said, I do not understand how there can be a basis in Law, by which one can do that. The term was in general use in many countries long before the trademark was issued, thus in any Law System based on either Common Law or Statue Law, could not Trademark it. Example: Goodyear has a Trademark on the word in that particular font, any one can have a goodyear, as long as it is not in those particular letters.
A simple challenge would have the matter set aside, but it is easier to bitch about a "Them" than doing something about. Why not just go ahead and use Biodynamic, BD etc and let "Them" spend their money in the Courts to try and establish their right to the lie. I very much doubt if proper legal advice would encourage them to do this and thus risk having the Court strip them of their claim and show them to be the egotistical fools them seem to be. Like wise the U.S. Patent on indigenous seeds not worth the paper it is written, if tested, as U.S. Patent Office can only grant tittle to original intellectual property that has not passed into the public domain. Generations of use, void any tittle that the U.S. Patent office or anyone else offers. I very much doubt the Multinationals would risk allowing a Court action go to determination over this as they would undoubtedly loose. They would try to out spend any challenger, then settle out of Court at the last possible moment, avoiding a determination at all cost. I have no qualms about germinating any seed that I choose, believing that the forces that made the seed a reality, are other than human. Get real and do not believe all that you are told. Many actually believe that George Washington's Dad's apple tree was a cherry tree. Gil
