On 13 June 2010 22:28, Platonides Platonides@gmail.com wrote:
Thomas Dalton wrote:
On 13 June 2010 19:04, Tim Landscheidt tim@tim-landscheidt.de wrote:
Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
But that's most likely not a trademark issue. There are doz- ens of cola brands on the market and few feature extracts of the kola nut, but that doesn't mean that it is Coca-Cola's right or duty to take legal action on a trademark basis.
The various cola brands are brands of cola, though. This site isn't a wiki. I have no idea whether this is a trademark violation under Czech law or not, and I don't believe that you do either. Let's leave it to the lawyers to work out.
I could create a pet shop called "The paraise of the dog" which was focused on cats, and just on cats. It would be silly and people would say so by the street while mocking on me*. But illegal? No.
"Dog" isn't strongly associated in the public psyche with a particular brand. "Wiki" is. Like I say, these are complicated issues of legal interpretation and really should be left to the lawyers.