Re: GUADEC report

[John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org>]

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.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI