On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:43:23PM +0100, Lewis Jardine wrote:
> Andrew Suffield wrote:
>
> >
> >"General Electric" is two words; MS has lost that game before now too
> >("IBM Works" does not infringe "Microsoft Works"). Apple's probably
> >lawyer-bait.
> >
>
> How about Boots, Caterpillar, Dell, Ford, Game, Nestle, Shell, Sky,
> Next, etc.? Are all these trademarks lawyer-bait as well?
Most of those are, yes. "Nestle" has an acute accent in there
somewhere.
Trying to defend these trademarks in court could only lead to a long
and expensive legal battle, of uncertain outcome. He who has the most
expensive lawyer wins, normally.
That's part of why they all(?) use logos wherever possible. It's much
easier to defend a trademark on an original image than on a word.
--
.''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield
: :' : http://www.debian.org/ |
`. `' |
`- -><- |
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature