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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by thanksgiving on Thursday February 05, 2015 @11:24AM (#9004031)
I agree. I shouldn't be able to sell rusty vans with the Mickey Mouse logo on them claiming that they are made by Disney. Or claim that my shitty b-grade movies were made by DisNEY (TRADEMARK)
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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by lmm on Thursday February 05, 2015 @11:37AM (#9004127)
Trademark law is largely good law that we should retain. Copyright law is largely not. Talk of "intellectual property" obfuscates the distinction.
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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by rayiner on Thursday February 05, 2015 @01:13PM (#9004797)
Trademark has much more substantial free speech issues than copyright.
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Re:Negotiators Lose Last Chance to Salvage the TPP by Caving... by thanksgiving on Thursday February 05, 2015 @02:11PM (#9005202)
Personally, the only part of trademark I care about is impersonation. It should be illegal to claim that Google was involved in building my shitty products.
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