On 13 June 2010 22:28, Platonides <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas Dalton wrote: >> On 13 June 2010 19:04, Tim Landscheidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> But that's most likely not a trademark issue. There are doz- >>> ens of cola brands on the market and few feature extracts of >>> the kola nut, but that doesn't mean that it is Coca-Cola's >>> right or duty to take legal action on a trademark basis. >> >> The various cola brands are brands of cola, though. This site isn't a >> wiki. I have no idea whether this is a trademark violation under Czech >> law or not, and I don't believe that you do either. Let's leave it to >> the lawyers to work out. > > I could create a pet shop called "The paraise of the dog" which was > focused on cats, and just on cats. > It would be silly and people would say so by the street while mocking on > me*. But illegal? No.
"Dog" isn't strongly associated in the public psyche with a particular brand. "Wiki" is. Like I say, these are complicated issues of legal interpretation and really should be left to the lawyers. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
