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RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
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- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
- From: "Michael A Rolenz" <Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 09:24:48 -0700
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A trademark on goods yes but not a trademark as a character for a cartoon,
toys, dolls, or as a stuffed animal (although a stuffed mickey mouse with
label with a mickey trademark would be fraud.)
Richard Hartman <[email protected]>
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05/30/2002 09:20 AM
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Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ernest Miller [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 6:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Eldred Amicus
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> If Eldred is wildly successful we can hope for two outcomes:
>
> 1) The court kill retroactive extensions pemanently - Welcome to the
> public domain, Mickey.
Of all the things potentially freed by killing the retroactive
extensions, Mickey seems to me to be the safest. I do believe
that the Disney Corporation has a firm argument to keep him under
protection as a TradeMark.
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-Richard M. Hartman
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186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!