[SGVLUG] trademark realities

[Hershel Remer]

BS"D

Our friend Dustin writes:

>> 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 are the odds a bazillion to 1? A terrabazillion to 1? A nanobazillion to 1?

We're talking about setting odds, and I don't know how on earth you're going
to do that, Dustin.



>> ...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?


I don't know, but didn't you waste bandwidth trying to determine odds of being
hit by lightning on the way to a LUG meeting?  ;-)



>> 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.


Interesting. I must've missed that in the discussion, so please refresh my
memory as to the details of how we were given permission. Because if we were
given permission, then I don't understand why we're even having this
discussion to begin with.







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