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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOfficeSource and KOffice
From:       Alfredo Beaumont <alfredo.beaumont () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-01-14 21:59:40
Message-ID: 200801142259.41242.alfredo.beaumont () gmail ! com
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Al, 2008eko Urtren 14a(e)an, Pau Garcia i Quiles(e)k idatzi zuen:
> Here in Spain if you can prove you were using a name or brand before
> and it was publicly associated to you, even if a 3rd party comes and
> tries to register or use the brand, you win the trial. Of course the
> trial is longer and harder than if you had registered the trademark
> (because you need to show enough evidence), but if you were truly
> using the brand, you win.

I'm not sure about this. IANAL, but AFAIK there's a limited and short period 
of time after someone tries to register a brand to prove it's associated with 
another thing.

> Then there's the problem with countries like Australia, where you
> *lose* your rights to a trademark or brand if you do not enforce it.

I think this also applies to Spain.

Cheers
-- 
Alfredo Beaumont Sainz
http://www.alfredobeaumont.org/blog.cgi
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