At 05:27 PM 6/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>The POI community, in an effort to be really original <smirk/>, is
>>conducting a logo contest. One of the
>>logos appears to have taken the show but I'm a bit suspicious as to just
>>how far away its run with the show.
>>http://vote.sparklit.com/poll.spark/640946 I mean most days it gets
>>50-100 votes which is pretty weird
>>considering the quality of all of the submissions. I'd understand if it
>>were like 5 move votes a day over time than
>>the rest of the logos....but like 50?
>>Second question that came up on the comments (that we didn't notice when
>>accepting it because I don't think
>>any of us use Windoze XP). Do you think its too close to the Win XP
>>logo. (its a diamond, not a floaty square
>>thing)...?
>
>I am not an expert but trademark law is in part so that unlicensed
>organizations don't use someone else's trademarked logos, especially in a
>way which could construed as conflicting with their business. If a
>reasonable person sees it and thinks that it is a MS logo and it is being
>used in a context where there could be product confusion then you are
>violating the intent if not the letter of the law.
>
>My first reaction, was "Hey, that's an MS logo on it's side steaming out
>of a cup." I would change it.
Not to mention that sun will probably come after you for using their
traqdemark aswell ;)
Cheers,
Peter Donald
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