On 31 Aug 2006, at 10:19, David Gerard wrote:
On 31/08/06, Stephen Streater sbstreater@mac.com wrote:
It might be different in English law. If you don't enforce your trademark here, I think you lose it.
Business: "We demand you cover your article in (R) and (tm)." Wikipedia: "No. Bloody obvious academic fair use, any legal threat would be obviously frivolous and probably sanctionable." Business: "Well, we tried."
I think trying may be enough in English law.
Usually a big document will just say "All trademarks acknowledged" once. Perhaps Wikipedia could say that on a page somewhere.