At 11:54 AM 9/2/2000 -0700, Rich Kickbush wrote:
>Easy there Rev,
> I'm sure we appreciate your efforts to find us a
> name, but with 10% of the lister's vote, it probably means people either
>aren't into it, or we need to find better names. There's also the issue
>of KORG copywrite thing. I would hold up on the stickers for a bit.
>Also, and tell me if I'm way out of line on this, could we make this and
>other things that aren't related to making a KLR work better NKLR? Ie
>speeding tickets and the like. As much as I get into this list, and try
>and put something back when I can for all the help I've received, the
>amount of traffic gets in the way of a real life, and I need to prioritise
>occaisionally. Tell me if I'm the only one.
>
>Rich
Actually so long as we don't use their logo, there isn't a legal
problem. I pretty sure you can't Copyright a Name (radio stations can't
copyright their station call letters), you can do a logo design
though. You can Copyright, trademark, register, or SM (forgot that one) a
logo; you can trademark a name, register a name but you can't Copyright
it. So I don't see a reason why we can't use KORG in our logo. Has anyone
checked to see if the other KORG is even registered, TM'd or SM'd, at least
in the US?
For example, I can register my company name and TM my logo but I don't
think I can copyright the name. Besides, that other KORG would have to
prove that their image and subsequent business has been damaged by a bunch
of old, over-weight, balding men wanting to ride their dirt bikes on the
road. What harm could we possibly do to them
LaterZ
Dash