[Foundation-l] Re: Registering Wikimedia trademarks
Peter Jaros
rjaros at shaysnet.com
Sat May 1 20:15:55 UTC 2004
On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:32 AM, Michael Snow wrote:
> Pepsi would probably try all kinds of things to make you stop, but I'm
> much more skeptical about whether they could win a lawsuit. Trademark
> protection is normally denied for terms that are merely descriptive of
> the goods or services involved. I'm not a trademark examiner, but my
> conclusion would be that "light, crisp, and refreshing" are simply
> descriptive terms, so they can't be a trademark.
Sort of like "fair and balanced?"
:)
Peter
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