Georges, The only thing you will accomplish in the end is to enrich ATLA and the courts... denny / k8do

For lots of reasons I say 'hell, no'. Georges has worked hard over a long time to develop a recognisable 'Brand Name' and if someone wants to benefit from that they have to pay a licence Fee. Quite a while ago, I owned a brand name and I was aware of it being used by a small fry company.When a very large company decided to use the brand name they were able to point out that I had not defended the use of the name and won the case. No quarter I say, don't steal someone else's hard work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis OConnor" <ad4hk2004@yahoo.com> To: <passagemaking-under-power@lists.samurai.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [PUP] Passagemaking Under Power > Georges, > The only thing you will accomplish in the end is to enrich ATLA and the > courts... > > > > denny / k8do > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions.

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Paige Reeves wrote: > For lots of reasons I say 'hell, no'. > Georges has worked hard over a long time to develop a recognisable 'Brand > Name' and if someone wants to benefit from that they have to pay a licence > Fee. > Quite a while ago, I owned a brand name and I was aware of it being used by a > small fry company.When a very large company decided to use the brand name > they were able to point out that I had not defended the use of the name and > won the case. > No quarter I say, don't steal someone else's hard work. Paige is correct here, at least WRT US law. A trademark is only enforceable if all reasonable efforts are made to protect and defend it.