From: Richard V. <rtv...@ma...> - 2005-04-20 16:17:53
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On 20-Apr-05, at 6:05 PM, Andrew Howard wrote: > On 4/20/05, Richard Vaughan <rtv...@ma...> wrote: >> >> 1) Player, Stage, Gazebo and their combinations are our trademarks. >> I'd >> like to retain control of the trademarks so we can prevent them being >> used for evil. The MobileRobots stuff is not evil at all, but we have >> to actively protect the trademark or we default to losing control of >> it >> forever. >> > > Does the law recognise de-facto trademarks? My impression was that > trademarks are like patents and unlike copyrights (i.e., you have to > register them). My understanding is that the registered trademark circle-R and circle-TM are one well-understood mechanism to prove that you are reserving your rights on the name. But you don't have to do it that way. But you do have to demonstrate that you are actively protecting the name in some way, like, for example, having a public use policy and objecting when people misuse your marks. Otherwise your name goes the way of 'Aspirin' and becomes generic. Once that happens, you can't stop people using it however they want. > BTW, if the problem is one of citation, the CreativeCommons may have > something we could use. Yep - should look into advice from that source. R. > A. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: New Crystal Reports XI. > Version 11 adds new functionality designed to reduce time involved in > creating, integrating, and deploying reporting solutions. Free runtime > info, > new features, or free trial, at: > http://www.businessobjects.com/devxi/728 > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-developers mailing list > Pla...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-developers > > -- Richard Vaughan School of Computing Science / Simon Fraser University |