[Foundation-l] Trademarks

Tue Nov 25 19:22:52 UTC 2008

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> 2008/11/25 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> > I can't imagine you have that feeling about [[trademark dilution]] law,
> > though.  I don't think people are going to cry "fraud" when they find out
> > their coffee mug isn't really the coffee mug that anyone can edit.
>
> What I said is that its fundamental _intentions_ are benign and
> reasonable, not that even the implementation in current legal code is,
> let alone some interpretations thereof.

The fundamental intention of [[trademark dilution]] law is to create a
property right.