Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 14:41:26 10/20/99
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On October 20, 1999 at 15:47:39, James B. Shearer wrote: >On October 20, 1999 at 13:04:37, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >>as I said, you can't just 'claim' a trademark. There is a definite registration >>process, papers to fill out, you have to pick the 'look' (font, surrounding >>stuff, etc). You have an attorney file the papers. The trademark office then >>researches the trademark to make sure it doesn't infringe on prior trademarks >>that have already been awarded, you have to pay a fairly substantial fee to have >>it registered if it clears, etc. IE it isn't like the 'implicit copyright' you >>have on text you write. It is a totally different ballgame, very similar to >>obtaining a patent. > > This is not exactly correct. In the US at least you can't register a >trademark which someone else is using even if the other person hasn't bothered >to register it. > James B. Shearer Same here in Europe. But it is limited to one year if I rememeber well. During that year the brand-name has to be registered otherwise the other party gets the brand-name. Sounds reasonable to me. Ed Schroder
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