Michael Poole wrote: > A trademark does not have to be registered to get common law > protection, but protections for an unregistered trademark are almost > useless: You will not get costs and attorney's fees in a suit for > common law trademark infringement, only in a suit for Lanham Act > (registered) trademark infringement.
Well, you can still get an injunction to make them stop misusing your trademark, which is all Debian would ever want, I believe. Having to pay your own costs is obnoxious; but it's also the general rule in the US for all lawsuits. (It really shouldn't be, but that's another matter.) I don't know what the other differences between common-law trademark law and registered trademark law are, but now I'm quite interested. > Michael -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
