Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
Some anon-IP user on [[Talk:OmniCode]] has been
rattling sabers about
threatening to sue people for failing to acknowledge a company named
Omnicode, which apparently has a registered trademark on that name
which is being allegedly infringed by the geek-coding system called
OmniCode which is featured in the Wikipedia article of that name.
It's certainly possible that the creator of that coding system is
committing a trademark violation by using the name, but would
Wikipedia or its editors have any liability for writing an article
about it? It would seem that a noncommercial, encyclopedic use of
the name in the course of discussing something that the name has been
used for (legally or illegally) wouldn't itself be actionable, but
I'm not a lawyer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer#Trademarks
Any of the trademarks, service marks, collective
marks, design
rights, personality rights or similar rights that are mentioned, used
or cited in the articles of the Wikipedia encyclopedia are the
property of their respective owners. Their use here does not imply
that you may use them for any other purpose other than for the same
or a similar informational use as contemplated by the original
authors of these Wikipedia articles under the GFDL licensing scheme.
Unless otherwise stated Wikipedia and Wikimedia sites are neither
endorsed nor affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights
and as such Wikipedia can not grant any rights to use any otherwise
protected materials. Your use of any such or similar incorporeal
property is at your own risk.
Any gripes that they have over the trademark can be taken elsewhere,
before they are indefinately blocked for making legal threats.
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