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Re: NY MTA Claims SFMTA Parody Infringes on Trademarks |
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Posted by metropod on Wed Aug 26 16:26:38 2009, in response to Re: NY MTA Claims SFMTA Parody Infringes on Trademarks, posted by arnine on Wed Aug 26 15:41:41 2009. techicly, any mark or symbol that the MTA uses to conduct business is a trade mark. the markes listed earlier are Regesitered marks, which would recive the little cirlce with the R inside. the MTA can claim unresitered servicemark on all the others, which are protected untill after 5 years of disuse. If the MTA did away with the N and it stayed gone, then the trademark would be invaild in 5 years.what the MTA is trying to stop is genericaziton, which would remove thier right to hold it as a trademark. Xeronx, Dumster, asprin and band-aid are or were all trademarked brand names, but have become generic trough lack of trademark enforcement. Xerox has bought ads that say "you cannot 'xerox' a document, but you can copy it on a Xerox Brand copying machine." Adobe doesn't like it when we say "photoshoped", "modified by Adobe® Photoshop® software" protects thier trade marks. |
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