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Article #8397Re: Purchasing a Hierarchy
From: David A. Kaye
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:03
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 09:03
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Brad Templeton (brad@clarinet.com) wrote: : I would expect so. After all, if somebody tried to create "market.*" : without Rob's permission then he could sue them based on what I know : of the law, particularly if there was any evidence they were trying : to capitalize on his PR campaign for it. Nawwww...a trademark must be a *unique* mark. The word "market" in regard to the Internet is not unique since there are lots of newsgroups where people market things. A clear and obvious use for the Internet is in marketing things using formats such as a buy/sell/swap newsgroups. Your mark, "Clarinet", on the other hand is a unique word which is not obvious. By the same token, Microsoft can trademark the name "Windows" since the name is not obvious for computer uses (or wasn't obvious at the time they began using the mark), but they can't trademark the name "Word" for their word processing program, since "word" is an obvious reference to word processing. -- dk@crl.com I'm always on the lookout for consulting jobs in San Francisco business management and PC hardware/software.
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