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I came across the following when discussing Trademarks with someone on Free Software Foundation IRQ | I came across the following when discussing Trademarks with someone on Free Software Foundation IRQ | ||
On the other hand, Trademark law contains an allowance similar to copyright's fair use doctrine, called "nominative fair use". Which essentially says that the owner of a trademark cannot prevent others from using the name to identify the product | On the other hand, Trademark law contains an allowance similar to copyright's fair use doctrine, called "nominative fair use". Which essentially | ||
So while a company might be able to prevent someone from saying, "I am an authorized Foo reseller," they may not be able to say "I provide services related to the product Foo" | says that the owner of a trademark cannot prevent others from using the name to identify the product | ||
So while a company might be able to prevent someone from saying, "I am an authorized Foo reseller," they may not be able to say "I provide | |||
services related to the product Foo" | |||
I do not know if the permission to use the name is in the "Not unreasonably with-held" category of permissions but I have asked for such permission. | I do not know if the permission to use the name is in the "Not unreasonably with-held" category of permissions but I have asked for such permission. | ||
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Hi Martin
I came across the following when discussing Trademarks with someone on Free Software Foundation IRQ
On the other hand, Trademark law contains an allowance similar to copyright's fair use doctrine, called "nominative fair use". Which essentially says that the owner of a trademark cannot prevent others from using the name to identify the product So while a company might be able to prevent someone from saying, "I am an authorized Foo reseller," they may not be able to say "I provide services related to the product Foo"
I do not know if the permission to use the name is in the "Not unreasonably with-held" category of permissions but I have asked for such permission.
Hi Martin,
Just wondering whether you can help with this request: Image talk:Moodle logo.jpg#Permission.
Sincerely, James Neill 23:34, 3 February 2009 (CST)
- FYI, here's an example: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Survey_research_and_design_in_psychology James Neill 23:50, 3 February 2009 (CST)
