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On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 01:31, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> On Monday 27 September 2004 02:10, Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> > Trademark law in the U.S. basically dictates that if others are using |
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> > our trademark in our area, they need to be either licensed or |
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> > cease-and-desisted shortly after we become aware of them. If we just |
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> > ignore them, the trademark's considered abandoned and we lose its |
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> > ownership. |
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> I would like to add here that in any case the logo's are copyrighted and |
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> so can not be forfeited (within 80 years). I believe they are also part |
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> of the trademarks, but also fall under copyright protection. |
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Certainly, as graphic art. It's important to keep in mind that Gentoo is |
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more than a logo, however. People can use the name Gentoo without the |
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logo. |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Gentoo Linux |