> Organisations have to be very protective about their trademarks. If they > are allowed to be used freely as is or modified, then they can lose > their trademark status through general usage. The Kleenex company in the > US had this problem many years ago. I think there was a big court case > about it. > > Regards, > Tony.
That's fair enough Tony. I was really commenting about Matt saying: > Canonical is beginning to understand that customising the logo is in fact > a bad idea and causes the initial logo to lose its power. I didn't mean using it without their permission so they loose trademark status because of general usage. I was commenting on the turnaround from granting derivative works to disallowing them if you see what I mean.... Regards Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/