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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by rapsey on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:15PM (#22003127)
Because not enforcing trademarks means you can lose them.
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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by pacificmint on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:57PM (#22003627)
That’s an oft repeated myth, but it’s not quite true, certainly not as broadly as stated.

From an article by the EFF:

> The circumstances under which a company could actually lose a trademark—such as abandonment and genericide—are quite limited. Genericide […] is very rare […]. Courts also set a very high bar to show abandonment (usually years of total non-use). Importantly, failure to enforce a mark against every potential infringer does not show abandonment.

[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/11/trademark-law-does-not....

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Re:The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York sub... by advisedwang on Thursday January 09, 2020 @12:24PM (#22003243)
DMCA is for copyright, not trademarks
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