Re: GUADEC report
I wrote:
> Attempting to use a copyright license to extend trademark rights beyond the
> statutory ones may be copyright misuse. That could lead to the abuser
> losing his copyright, his trademark, or both.
Branden Robinson writes:
> This is interesting. Do you have any references where I read more about
> it?
The correct term is "copyright misuse". Google finds lots of hits.
Wikipedia:
<ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_misuse>
Also worth looking at is misuse of trademark:
<ttp://www.marklaw.com/trademark-glossary/M-Q.htm#Misuse%20of%20trademark>
Intellectual property misuse:
<ttp://store.mainebar.org/store/product865.html>
It seems to me that using a copyright license to expand rights to a
trademark beyond those protected under trademark law is quite analogous to
using a contract to expand rights to a patent beyond those protected under
patent law.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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