Re: [Foundation-l] Re: Registering Wikimedia trademarks

Peter Jaros <rjaros-Rqw/DHSsdrpWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.wikimedia.legal
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On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:32 AM, Michael Snow wrote:

> Pepsi would probably try all kinds of things to make you stop, but I'm 
> much more skeptical about whether they could win a lawsuit. Trademark 
> protection is normally denied for terms that are merely descriptive of 
> the goods or services involved. I'm not a trademark examiner, but my 
> conclusion would be that "light, crisp, and refreshing" are simply 
> descriptive terms, so they can't be a trademark.

Sort of like "fair and balanced?"

:)

Peter

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