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Kalderi Tomsen
Nomad Extraordinaire!
Join date: 10 May 2007
Posts: 888
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04-01-2008 20:07
So I just read about the clarifications to the trademark policy - wow, that's going to cause some issues...
The term SL can only be used in business names and domains with at least TWO (not one) nouns that aren't proper nouns, huh? You have 90 days to change before they come after you...
So how many big names can you think of that are going to get bitten by this? The first one that springs to mind is SL Exchange - only one noun there, folks!
The SL Ballet (that I was able to go and see and thoroughly enjoyed around christmas time) is specifically mentioned - so they will have to change - hmm, wonder if they will force them to change the group name, too....
Who else is going to have to take some sort of action because of this?
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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04-01-2008 20:22
That whole, 'Second Life world,' 'Linden dollars,' 'LindeX exchange' thing seems almost are arbitrary as the two common nouns requirement. What's so wrong with 'Second Life,' 'Lindens,' and 'LindeX' on their own?
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Kathy Morellet
Registered User
Join date: 26 Jul 2006
Posts: 809
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04-01-2008 21:13
From: Ann Launay That whole, 'Second Life world,' 'Linden dollars,' 'LindeX exchange' thing seems almost are arbitrary as the two common nouns requirement. What's so wrong with 'Second Life,' 'Lindens,' and 'LindeX' on their own? 'Kleenex tissues', 'Xerox copier' and "IBM computer' are the correct usages for those products. It is the way the trademark rules are written. In order to be in compliance, the trademark has to be used as an adjective before a noun. |