One quick note on Trademark in the US for those of you who don't know. The
way US Trademark law is written, the trademark owner is compelled to defend
their trademark vigorously, or lose it. If someone can prove that a
trademark owner knew of a violation and did nothing, the owner can lose the
trademark. The legal burden, in this case, is proving who knew what and
when. The law doesn't say that the trademark owner has to send goons to swap
meets and actively scout for violations, but any time they become aware of a
violation, they must defend their mark.
Welcome to the lunacy of american Intellectual Property Law.
-C
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Lew Palmer wrote:
> I believe the "logo police" were most active when MG was under the
> stewardship of B*W. I have seen them in blazers with shirt and tie
> breeze through swap meets looking for offenders.
>
> The current management, according to their own admission, seems to be
> much more relaxed about enforcing the logo use. In North America, they
> are pretty much ignoring the logo use for now. Business use of the logo
> will likely be the first to be enforced, but personal use would likely
> be overlooked.
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