Hello, Let me amend that. They "could" sue. But it's unlikely they would win.
See ya On 11/7/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello, They are in an entirely different industries. From my understanding of Trademark law... that would make it unlikely that they could "sue" anyone since (from the law's point-of-view) there is little chance of confusion between the 2 names (since they are in different industries). (Oh yeah... IANAL. But unless trademarks law has radically changed. I think AL would say something to that effect too.) See ya On 11/7/06, Colin Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps we could trademark "µformat" (greek-letter-mu format) and say > that the term "microformat" is just an expansion / alternate name for > it. I don't even know if that would work, IANAL. > > -Colin > > On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > > > Ouch. Sounds like a trademark fight might occur, as commercial > > entities > > lawyer's tend to recommend that kind of thing... > > > > -Mike Schinkel > > President; Guides, Inc. > > http://www.guidesinc.com > > (404) 474-8948 > > (404) 276-1276 cell > > (404) 474-8949 fax > > skype: mike.schinkel > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ > > http://www.welldesignedurls.org/ > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschinkel > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Chris > > Messina > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:01 AM > > To: Microformats Discuss > > Subject: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd > > > > Have you guys ever heard of MicroFormat Ltd? > > > > "Microformat has a long and proud history of involvement in > > preservation > > microfilming, and I am wholly delighted that we have been entrusted > > with > > this most important and exacting project'." > > > > It seems fitting, for some reason, since they're into the > > preservation of > > data: > > > > http://microformat.co.uk > > > > Chris > > > > -- > > Chris Messina > > Citizen Provocateur & > > Open Source Ambassador-at-Large > > Work: http://citizenagency.com > > Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog > > Cell: 412 225-1051 > > Skype: factoryjoe > > This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
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