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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark

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Gunstar Hero:

The trademark office will look into the claim, and since if you look up MAME on the net you get eleventeenjillion matches they'll find that that logo is already way in use.

RayB:


--- Quote from: Gunstar Hero on February 20, 2005, 10:19:02 pm ---The trademark office will look into the claim, and since if you look up MAME on the net you get eleventeenjillion matches they'll find that that logo is already way in use.

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That doesn't put me at ease considering how many ridiculous and "obvious" patents have been GRANTED in recent years.



JODY:

Wasn't that the logo in the application from this page:

http://www.oscarcontrols.com/gallery01.htm

in which it is stated that

"THE ABOVE DOWNLOADABLE IMAGES ARE PROVIDED IN CONFIDENCE FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE FOR PERSONAL PRINTING AND ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED NOR COPIED IN WHOLE OR IN PART NOR LOANED OR OTHERWISE COMMUNICATED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, NOR USED IN ANY MANNER WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM OSCAR CONTROLS."

and that

"All images and contents are copyrighted and may not be copied or distributed in any way.
Custom graphics and custom MAME designs are copyrighted and may not be used on other web sites without prior written consent from Oscar Controls."

thus they broke a copyright.


Witchboard:


--- Quote from: RayB on February 20, 2005, 10:31:04 pm ---That doesn't put me at ease considering how many ridiculous and "obvious" patents have been GRANTED in recent years.

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Yeah, no kidding.  If he could manage to win it, he'll probably be looking to collect money from people who have used it in the past as some kind of retroactive licensing thing.

SirPoonga:


--- Quote from: RayB on February 20, 2005, 10:31:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gunstar Hero on February 20, 2005, 10:19:02 pm ---The trademark office will look into the claim, and since if you look up MAME on the net you get eleventeenjillion matches they'll find that that logo is already way in use.

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That doesn't put me at ease considering how many ridiculous and "obvious" patents have been GRANTED in recent years.



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patents do not equal trademarks.  Stop thinking this is a patent issue.  Completely different laws!

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