Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread Warrigal
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> One disclaimer can allow the rest of the message to say whatever it >> wants. Perhaps the rule can be worded such that the only illegal uses >> of a trademark are things that can be considered falsehoods. > > Knowingly posting false

Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread comex
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this proposed rule would need to be at Power 3 > as it directly forbids the sort of regularity of communication that's > essential for the healthy function of the nomic. Did you just say that a relative clause claiming tha

Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread Sgeo
> One disclaimer can allow the rest of the message to say whatever it > wants. Perhaps the rule can be worded such that the only illegal uses > of a trademark are things that can be considered falsehoods. Knowingly posting falsehoods TTPF with the intent to deceive is illegal.

Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread Warrigal
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure I see a point to any trademarking at all. In the real > world, exclusivity rights to trademarks exist to prevent businesses > from confusing consumers by marketing goods and services that appear > to be market

Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Warrigal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Filing fee" to discourage pointless trademarking I'm not sure I see a point to any trademarking at all. In the real world, exclusivity rights to trademarks exist to prevent businesses from confusing consumers by marketing good

Re: DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-02 Thread Warrigal
Suggested changes by woggle: Trademarks belong to contracts Trademarks must be filed without 3 objections (or with 2 support) What a trademark can be used in reference to must be explicitly stated Limit on number of trademarks in a time period "Filing fee" to discourage pointless trademarking On

DIS: Proto: Trademarks

2008-12-01 Thread Warrigal
I (do not) submit the following proposal, titled "Trademarks": {Enact power-1 rule, titled "Trademarks": {The Censor is a low-priority office. Trademark status is a phrase switch, tracked by the Censor, with values free (default), live, and dead. A phrase whose trademark status is live is a trade