"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote: > Well thought it was just said that the red Dino was copyrighted > (registered trademark then) of Mozilla? > I was just saying a Green Dino can't be used because its part of a > company called MacZilla which makes a audio plugin for Communicator. > Sorry if I misspoke this registered and copyrighted deal takes a > Philadelphia Lawyer to figure out. <g>
No, MacZilla's specific Green Dino can't be used. Netscape had their green dino, and it was never an infringement, because it wasn't the same dino. Intel has a TM on their SPECIFIC representation of the lower case i. And while we think of it as a TM on the I, it's really more of a TM on that specific image, which happens to be of a specific i. Mozilla's red dino is TM and C of mozilla.org, but not all red dinos. Other companies' red dinos won't infringe on it, etc. TM and C law is very specific, not general as you seem to think it is. When companies TM words, it's either a novel (new/unique) word, a specific use of the word (intel has a TM on "intel" but only for the computer industry. There are other companies called "intel" and "Intel" that are totally separate, and the word "intel" is short for "intelligence" as a noun, thus separate from the trademark), or a unique spelling. If I wanted to name a company "Television" and TM the name, I'm screwed, but I COULD TM the name "Tellavision" or "Tellevision" or "Tellavizhun", etc. -- jesus X [ Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism. ] email [ jesusx @ who.net ] web [ http://www.mozillanews.org ] tag [ The Universe: It's everywhere you want to be. ] warning [ "I hate cats. You never know if they're dead." - E. Schrodinger ]
