On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Axel Thimm wrote:
And to add something of value to the discussion: Trademark law in
Germany is federal-only, there are no state-specific
laws/registrations - I can only guess that this is similar for the US
as well, but maybe it isn't.
It is not -- and it even worse than you posit; there is
federal, state by state, and common (non-statutory) law
http://www.bitlaw.com/trademark/index.html
Just as nasty a shake pit as you'd ever not want to go
swimming through without a lawyer's guidance.
I was a "prior use" user of the old 'fedora.us' mark in
commerce, prior to Red Hat's pick up of it. I have no hostile
intent, but I have used it continuiously since starting.
--Russ herrold
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