sahib said:
Hi Ian,
The issue in question is using a logo or a name.
Believe me it is Black and White. You simply require the permission from the owner. Otherwise the law does not say "yes you can re-produce it for your own use".
now you are mixing apples, and spring water.
logo and name is different thing... actual physical product is different thing.
surely u cant open a shop with macdonnald selling burgers...
thats a common sense... if u are selling
cotton fabric, and named macdonnald, with totally different logo, thats a different case...
there are so many similar names in the market, but in different fields...
i can open a shop called FedZeppelinEx... selling natural food. is Led Zeppelin gonna sue me ,
or Fed ex gonna sue me first ? ;D ;D ;D
cloning is different case.
physical hard copy of digital product is different case.
what happened to apple/windows war re: using the windows... they lost, i wonder why....
what happened to 4 campell can food picture... i wonder why...
being public domain is different, being private is different...
let me enlighten you a little...
if Rolling Stones comes to my private event, party, and they perform live for me,
they aint gonna get any royalty. not even a penny... if i my friend plays cover songs all night long,
none of the owners gonna get any royalty. not even a penny...
if i slap a Windows 7 logo on my bedroom wall, microsoft cant sue me.
if i clone a public domain circuit, and slap a logo on top, and use it in my bedroom, without making it public, original brand cant sue me... but, if u get record deal, and then keep talking about your clone, and brand, and making your bedroom studio public, then u r in trouble....
i can make backup purpose copies of my original windows 7 DVD.
i cant clone the CD and install on 20 other computers...
IP is not what u think it is....
i am dealing with major companies, firms, show cases for living...
we are doing all this all under the law of IP. i have a iP lawyer, my clients have IP lawyers, as well as
business lawyers... also, company i work for has a lawyer. we dotn put a nail on a wall without getting
clearance... that clearance is not from the brands, from the IP and business lawyers...
before u make comments on what i can, and what i cant, i suggest, get ur self a dedicated IP layer.
your regular lawyer, will make sure you are 100% trouble free.. once u have an specific IP lawyer
u may learn the reality is actually different....