[Foundation-l] Wikibooks trademark

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On 5/31/07, Andrew Whitworth <wknight8111 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Not having that name is a little scary to me because an external entity
> could take it and demand that we quit using it.

Not the case.  Prior use is always AFAIK a defense against trademark
infringement.  What would be a problem is that we would have less of a
case to stop someone else using the name and couldn't get nearly as
much in the way of damages.

-Matt

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