Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Henning: >We formed 'BMW >Architecture'. Guess who starting sending us nasty letters and phoned >us at bad times? I almost traded in my car for something else. I'm not a lawyer, but last time I looked at trade marking a name, you had to pick a category for the trademark. BMW may be trade marked for one category, but that doesn't mean everybody is prohibited from using those initials. Apple Records (think Beatles) and Apple Computer are examples. When the latter introduced the Mac which had lots of music/sound capabilities, the former went back to court. I don't remember what happened. Either the court said that still wasn't close enough or they reached a settlement out of court. I suspect that BMW Engineering would be prohibited. :) Eric - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html