Murry McEntire <[email protected]> wrote: > "Soft Play" and "Softplay" are registered trademarks in the United > States > with United States and International coverage. > > Trademarks held by this firm: http://www.softplay.com > > Murry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
In that case, tagging any play area with similiar equipment, but not using that company's equipment, would possibly lead to that company taking legal action to force OSM to change the tags, at least in the USA. Use of a non-trademarked term would be preferable. Under US law, a trademark holder must take legal action against any infringing use of the trademark, or risk a court decision that the trademark holder has released the trademark into the public domain, meaning that it is now open for anyone's use. -- John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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