[WikiEN-l] Fighting over (R) and (tm) symbols

[Stephen Streater]

On 31 Aug 2006, at 10:19, David Gerard wrote:

> On 31/08/06, Stephen Streater <sbstreater at 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.