From the cyberdesk of: Jon Drukman
quoted 5 lines I was wondering just how legal it is to use a registered trademark for>>I was wondering just how legal it is to use a registered trademark for
>>a band name...
>You can't copyright a title. I can call my record Like A Virgin or
>Sparcstation-2 and neither Madonna nor Sun can sue me. Now, if I made
>a competing product with the same name, they might have a case.
So what was the deal with Negativland's "U2" album?
Why did they lose the case or get shafted in the settlement, Jon?
However, this particular case may have fallen under the "competing product
issue.
So what exactly can the KLF/Jimmy/Bill do about "Wanda Dee and the
KLF" roaming about? Is a trademark a trademark a trademark....
ObIDM: Keep an eye out for my new single "Coca-Cola" w/ "McDonald's" on
the flip side. Sure, I won't get a nasty letter from some lame lawyer-type
on retainer trying to justify his fee......
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