On Tuesday, January 22, 2002, at 12:31 PM, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > They may have threatened to sue, but trademarks can only be restricted > for > use in a competetive manner. That means you can not call clothing you > sell > Polo, but you can call your bar Polo. So if they caved in they had a > piss > poor lawyer.
I recall a polo supply company being bullied by WIPO and Ralph Lauren to give up the polo.com domain. I don't recall the outcome, but the WIPO do not impress me with their logical thinking or decision making skills. They seem, from what I have read, to be simply a lobby group for big business. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
