On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:33:21 +0000 (UTC), <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> That's just plain stupid. Why would they do that? I can see wanting
>> to protect your trademark, but why go through the trouble when it's
>> promoting your product? What's next, are they going to go after the
>> little sign shop that made the ram's head decals I bought?
>
> They may very well, if Dodge finds out they're making volumes.
>
> If you do not defend a trademark, then you will lose it. That Ram logo
> is
> Dodge's trademark.
>
> Dodge may also come back later and let Line-X do it for a fee. Which will
> be
> passed on to the customer.
>
They have to defend their trademark at every instance. For small time
people like these sign shops, it is usually settled with a cease and desist
order. So it's not like all these smalls guys are gonna loose their homes
because of it. Then they have the opportunity to do it properly.
-- -Droo
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