[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

Daniel Mayer maveric149 at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 7 16:51:23 UTC 2005


--- Delirium <delirium at hackish.org> wrote:
> What trademark violation is going on here?  Trademark law only prohibits 
> commercial use of a trademark for a competing product in the same 
> market.  

Trademark law does not only prohibit commercial use. Any use which dilutes a
mark in a particular market is a potential violation. Using a mark that implies
an official connection when no such connection exists is also a potential
violation. 

-- mav



	
		
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