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Re:The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet ... by jzb on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @11:29PM (#41716894)
I don’t see any value in expiring Trademark. What’s the public benefit there?

Five years is a bit too short. Maybe five years automatic and then require renewals up to 25 years. It’d be good to have different terms for different types of things: software should be shorter, films or books should be longer terms.

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Re:The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet ... by paulryanrogers on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @11:35PM (#41716908)
All the good names get locked up forever?

Trademarks have to be renewed already. Why make them eternal?

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Re:The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet ... by jzb on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @11:42PM (#41716947)
They’re “good” because they’re associated with a company or product people are positive about. How does it help me if the trademark expires on a brand I like and ten other companies push out similar but not the same product? All the IP expired, so they use identical names, art, etc. How do customers distinguish?
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Re:The $621M Legal Battle by Record Labels Against Internet ... by paulryanrogers on Wednesday October 02, 2024 @07:36AM (#41719450)
Right, that's why they expire. I was asking why some appear to want eternal TMs
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