[SGVLUG] trademark realities

Dustin laurence at alice.caltech.edu
Sun Aug 28 20:23:44 PDT 2005


On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Hershel Remer wrote:

> There is no point to playing with the numbers behind the chance of lightning
> striking, because the odds of being sued for trademark infringement cannot be
> quantified.

> matter how rare that it is. Why? Because you probably have ZERO chance of
> actually being sued.

I don't know when and where you went to school, Hershel, but these days we 
call zero a number. :-)

> ...So, even if the group ignored the cease and desist
> letter, nothing further would happen. That is just called reality.

Didn't I say that?

> Actually, the right thing to do right now might be for us to write a letter to
> the trademark owner and ask for permission to use the trademark

I believe we've already been given it, effectively.

Dustin



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