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

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Stephen Streater wrote:
> 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.
> 

It should probably be on [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]]:

"All trademarks are the property of their respective owners"...

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