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You don't need to register a trademark, to have a trademark. Just assert it.

You don't need to register a trademark, to have a trademark. Just assert it.

Posted Jul 15, 2011 0:09 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: You don't need to register a trademark, to have a trademark. Just assert it. by dlang
Parent article: VLC and unwelcome redistributors

And I believe protection exists only for marks used in business. Does the VLC project qualify as a business? I think the fundamental question is would the project lose money if people were tricked into downloading something else thinking it were VLC's product?


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