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10 Aug 2024 15:24:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV domain name abuse?  
From: Jim Kress
Date: 19 Jan 2000 23:23:03
Message: <38868da7@news.povray.org>
Remember, if you fail to attempt to enforce a trademark and someone later
comes along and uses it you can no longer attempt to enforce your trademark.
Since you allowed the first infringement you have given up your rights to
the trademark.

--
Jim

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Marc Schimmler <sch### [at] icauni-stuttgartde> wrote in message
news:38858C02.668C6CF1@ica.uni-stuttgart.de...
> Ken wrote:
> >
> >
> > That is the type of trademark that would be hard to enforce unless you
had
> > the power of someone like Disney's attornys behind you. If they had on
> > their site something that said "Persistence of Vision Raytracer" then
there
> > might be a good reason to go after them but for the phrase "Persistence
of
> > Vision" I think it would be impractical because it is also an
explaination
> > for a known physical phenomenon.
> >
>
> If you have a trademark, you can enforce it when somebody uses it as a
> name for an organization or product. Let the POV-team (tm) decide about
> it.
>
> Marc
>
> --
> Marc Schimmler


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