Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl

Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by nerdponx on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @10:33AM (#20223699)

Sort of. The USA you can claim trademark rights without a registered trademark; that's the difference between ™ and ®.

But the law follows "use it or lose it" rules. If you don't defend your trademark, then in the eyes of the court it is no longer a trademark.

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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by pferde on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @11:03AM (#20223988)

Hold on, that's "defend it or lose it". Author of libcurl clearly is using the name, there are new releases coming out quite often.

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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by nerdponx on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @11:07AM (#20224019)

My wording was unclear, yes. If you aren't defending it, you aren't using it as a trademark.

Think of the term literally; if it's not exclusive to you, it's not longer a "mark" of your specific "trade". It's just a "mark".

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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by pferde on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @06:34PM (#20228023)

Fair enough.

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