[uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

Let me amend that.  They "could" sue.  But it's unlikely they would win.


See ya

On 11/7/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux <supercanadian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> They are in an entirely different industries.  From my understanding
> of Trademark law... that would make it unlikely that they could "sue"
> anyone since (from the law's point-of-view) there is little chance of
> confusion between the 2 names (since they are in different
> industries).
>
> (Oh yeah... IANAL.  But unless trademarks law has radically changed.
> I think AL would say something to that effect too.)
>
>
> See ya
>
> On 11/7/06, Colin Barrett <timber at lava.net> wrote:
> > Perhaps we could trademark "µformat" (greek-letter-mu format) and say
> > that the term "microformat" is just an expansion / alternate name for
> > it. I don't even know if that would work, IANAL.
> >
> > -Colin
> >
> > On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:36 PM, Mike Schinkel wrote:
> >
> > > Ouch.  Sounds like a trademark fight might occur, as commercial
> > > entities
> > > lawyer's tend to recommend that kind of thing...
> > >
> > > -Mike Schinkel
> > > President; Guides, Inc.
> > > http://www.guidesinc.com
> > > (404) 474-8948
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org
> > > [mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of
> > > Chris
> > > Messina
> > > Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:01 AM
> > > To: Microformats Discuss
> > > Subject: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd
> > >
> > > Have you guys ever heard of MicroFormat Ltd?
> > >
> > > "Microformat has a long and proud history of involvement in
> > > preservation
> > > microfilming, and I am wholly delighted that we have been entrusted
> > > with
> > > this most important and exacting project'."
> > >
> > > It seems fitting, for some reason, since they're into the
> > > preservation of
> > > data:
> > >
> > > http://microformat.co.uk
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > --
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