>> that would make it unlikely that they could "sue" anyone since
Anybody can sue anyone for anything and hence eat up lots of lawyer bills. Whether they'd win is another subject. ;) Chris said that it is similar, and if MicroFormat Ltd's lawyer think it *might* confuse (and what lawyer's wouldn't think that when it is the most conservative option and they get to bill them to advise their client of such), they could send a cease and desist letter causing this group some pain. Anyway, either it will or will not happen; remains to be seen if it does. -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Iliya Krempeaux Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:57 PM To: Microformats Discuss Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd 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 > > -- Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc. charles @ reptile.ca supercanadian @ gmail.com developer weblog: http://ChangeLog.ca/ _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
