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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: ...film at 11...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.021040.23538@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec21.234338.2685@nntp.nta.no>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:10:40 GMT
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- styri@balder.nta.no (YuNoHoo) writes:
- : billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : :
- : : Nope. Todd is either trolling, or very confused. There is no way to
- : : trademark a commonly used term. For example, Bayer lost their "aspirin"
- : : trademank due to common usage.
- :
- : However, no rule without the exception. The Olympic Games and the
- : logo with 5 rings are somehow protected in most countries. Not in
- : Norway where Lillehammer will host the winter games in 1994. The
- : organizers does not have the proper trademarks and copyrights. A
- : temporary law is considered by the parliament, but the whole thing
- : is a legal muddle at present.
-
- The 5 rings - with the proper colors - is copyrighted or trademarked
- in many countries. Also note that the 5 interlinked rings was not in
- common usage, except for the Olympics.
-
- Bill
-