In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Arnoud Engelfriet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Francesco Poli wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:09:11 +0200 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
> "The sign X, registered as a trademark under number $NUM in
> $REGION,..."
I don't know if Debian logos are actually *registered* marks.
Possibly, they are just unregistered trademarks...
Does anybody know for sure?
I didn't think of unregistered marks. Yes, in that case it
gets more tricky. This is a mostly-US problem; the other
jurisdictions I know of simply do not recognize trademark
rights unless registered.
As far as I'm aware, unregistered trademarks are NOT US-centric,
although they may be Anglo-centric - they're a perfectly acceptable
feature under British law.
Although as far as unregistered marks go, it's probably a case of
"passing off". If I declare something as "tm" (ie an unregistered
trademark) and somebody else then COPIES it, it's a pretty open-and-shut
case of passing off.
Cheers,
Wol
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