On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Bill Kocik<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Aug 12, 9:07 am, Duane Roelands <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It doesn't matter who else >> is doing it. > > Well, actually, it does matter. That's the thing about trademarks - > you are obligated to defend them across the board, or you lose them. > You can't selectively defend them by allowing people (or applications, > or business entities) you like to use them and not people you don't. > If you do, the people you selectively pursue will stand up in court > and ask "What actions have you taken against X, Y, and Z, who also use > your trademark?" which is a perfectly relevant legal question to which > the plaintiff's answer had better not be "None - we're only going > after you." > > This is how trademark suits are defended against and how they are lost. >
But _ethically_, morally, it doesn't matter. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrew+badera)+OR+(andy+badera)
