Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:31 PM 1/18/2000 -0600, Kip Babington wrote: >Trademark lawyers correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe that in today's >legal climate (worldwide, not just in the legally wacko USA) the holder of a >trademark MUST defend against the unauthorized use of its trademark or face >losing the right to exclusive use of it. The US finally fell into line with the rest of the world by respecting the rights of a satirist to protection from claims against a trademark or copyright holder. Whoever did this "Leica H" scam is protected, as is Leica from not filing suit. No hu-hu. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!