[PLUG] Conclusion to PDXLUG argument

[Cliff Wells]

Wil Cooley wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 14:27, Cliff Wells wrote:
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>>Still I have enough sense to know I can't register and successfully 
>>defend a name like "Portland Nike Shoe Store" which is what you're 
>>suggesting PLUG would be able to do with the Linux trademark.   Unless 
>>Linus says otherwise, user groups are free to use it.   Nevertheless, I 
>>doubt he's going to give up any rights on the name to further PLUG's cause.
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>Are you saying, then, that a company could not have a trademark like
>"Red Hat Linux" or "Jim Fischer Volvo"? 
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Point taken.   However, how do you suppose a judge would respond if "The 
Beaverton Honda Dealers" sued "Jon Doe, a Beaverton Honda Dealer"?  

Cliff