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Trademarks and their limits

Trademarks and their limits

Posted Feb 6, 2013 2:58 UTC (Wed) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
Parent article: Trademarks and their limits

In your final example trademarks are useful as they set a bright line around what is and what is not part of the product the user intended to download. This greatly simplifies prosecution for misleading conduct under your jurisdiction's consumer protection laws.


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