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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Copyright/Trademark for LiveCD
From:       Daniel Hurt <dwhurt () ucdavis ! edu>
Date:       2004-05-26 18:12:06
Message-ID: 40B4DDF6.6030404 () ucdavis ! edu
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Ajai Khattri wrote:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004, Xavier Neys wrote:
> 
> 
>>It has nothing to do with a software live CD as ours or knoppix and similar.
>>
> 
> 
> Of course not, but that's not the point is it?
> If someone trademarks it then they could enforce that.
> 


Trademarks have domains that they apply to.  For instance Donald Trump 
is trying to trade mark "You're Fire" but it only applies to 
entertainment and specific aspects of that.  He could not, for instance, 
force companies to pay him when they tell an employee they are fired. 
So if they patent the "LiveCD" Term it would not apply in the software 
realm from my pathetic grasp of trademark law.

Dan

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