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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler writes:
> We've all seen the lengths to which TLC is willing to go in order to protect
> its intellectual property, and that's certainly understandable. What about
> such things as:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=438584654
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> and
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=437740196
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> For that matter, The Learning Channel has been aka TLC for at least six or
> seven years--why is no fuss made about that? I can understand that an
> abbreviation might not be eligible for copyright, but "Lego" seems to be. Is
> it because the products are notably dissimilar?
Yep, trademarks are held for specific product categories. Abbreviations are
harder to protect (though IBM has gone to efforts to protect that particular
abbreviation, and I have heard rumors that IBM tried to trademark I, B, and M -
wouldn't that be great, "Hi, I'm ll Gates of crosoft corp announcing our new
product crosoft Wndows."....).
FUT: lugnet.off-topic.fun
Frank
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