[Foundation-l] Trademarks

Tue Nov 25 22:58:53 UTC 2008

Anthony writes:

> Please note that I wasn't talking here about "trademark law", I was  
> talking
> specifically about "trademark dilution law".  These types of laws  
> both share
> the term "trademark", but they are actually not all that similar  
> otherwise.

I don't know what you mean by "similar," but both the creation of  
trademarks and the creation of a remedy for trademark dilution are  
both part of the Trademark Act of 1946 (aka Title 15, Chapter 22, of  
the United States Code).  Registration of trademarks is Sec. 1051, and  
the prohibition of dilution is in Sec. 1125.  Your statement here is  
at best incoherent, and at worst simply incorrect.  See generally http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/trademrk.htm 
  .

As for correcting the entry on trademark dilution, I hope it is clear  
why I forbear from editing articles on Wikipedia these days --  
especially articles relating to legal issues, where somebody might  
glibly presume I expect my edits to be "accepted without question."

--Mike