So, this time next year, we'll have to deal with hordes of people who joined the project because of the book quoting it as policy in discussions when the relevant policy has been updated. Boy, I'm cynical.
I'd tend to agree. We might even have to create a whole new disclaimers/guideline explicitly saying that Wikimedia didn't endorse this book and that quoting it as "the truth" doesn't mean squat.
On 10/21/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Anthony wrote:
Now, you're saying you don't think that's possible, that trademark law doesn't apply here. And the fact that there's a "Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual" without any TM or (R)'s on it suggests that maybe you're right. Although, with Wikipedia it's still kind of different (more confusing), because Wikipedia is the title of a series of written works.
AFAIK, the "™" and "(R)" symbols have no particular legal standing even when used by the trademark holders themselves; they're just a commonly understood flag one can wave if one chooses to let people know what you've trademarked. Third parties are under no obligation to use them and I remove them from articles whenever I see them (unless of course the article is talking specifically about those symbols).
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