[Gllug] Trademarks now

Jason Clifford jason at ukfsn.org
Fri Oct 26 14:44:08 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 15:05 +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> I don't see how I can be accused of infringing his intellectual property, I use
> the two words but make no attempt to profit off them or pass myself off as him.

I'm fairly sure a natural name cannot be protected under trademark law
unless it is for a celebrity (who should not enjoy such "protection"
either but it seems the courts are up for sale).

As your link is clearly a simple identifier I'd be inclined to tell his
solicitors to **** off.

Jason

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