--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I seriously doubt that there will be any lawsuits. > > > As Ingegerd has pointed out, the TMO is afraid to > > > bring any real intellectual property case to court > > > because their case is so weak. Also, if you read > > > between the lines of "recertification," especially > > > the part about having to do it over and over again > > > every few years, that's a lawyer thang. What I've > > > heard is that NONE of the agreements asked of > > > teachers along the way are now legally enforceable. > > > So the recert program is to create a whole new set > > > that will be legally enforceable. > > > > One agreement certainly is enforceable: trademark. > > Only if they have protected it adequately, by using > the trademark properly (as an adjective, not a noun) > at all times and by agressively prosecuting every > unauthorized use of the trademark. Otherwise, it > can fall back into the public domain, as happened > with former trademarks aspirin, cellophane, and, > interestingly, heroin. > > Unc
We've been through this. The second edition of the OED lists "Transcendental Meditation" as a trademark. Whenever any MUM student writes about TM the writing teacher makes sure that the proper capitalization, punctuation, etc., is used. Likewise with whenever an article is published by the TM, etc. The movement has some decent lawyers advising them on these things. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
