[uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd

[Mike Schinkel]

>> that would make it unlikely that they could "sue"
anyone since 

Anybody can sue anyone for anything and hence eat up lots of lawyer bills.
Whether they'd win is another subject.  ;)

Chris said that it is similar, and if MicroFormat Ltd's lawyer think it
*might* confuse (and what lawyer's wouldn't think that when it is the most
conservative option and they get to bill them to advise their client of
such), they could send a cease and desist letter causing this group some
pain.

Anyway, either it will or will not happen; remains to be seen if it does.

-Mike

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:microformats-discuss-bounces at microformats.org] On Behalf Of Charles
Iliya Krempeaux
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 12:57 PM
To: Microformats Discuss
Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] MicroFormat Ltd

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
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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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