On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 21:56 +0100, Daniel Taylor wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On a tangent, aren't trademarks automatic? How does this affect other > > packages, if I produce an application does that mean I can force > > distros to rename it, and is the policy on trademark to ignore i till > > someone complains? > > > > - Andy > > > > I'm pretty sure its only copyright that's automatic, not trademarks.
I believe trademarks are registered and the owner needs to control use of the mark or they can lose the trademark status. Kleenex had this problem many years ago! Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
