| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Matrix copyright |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 11:49:34 +0100 |
> >Ah, now it becomes sort of clear to me... And once more I'm glad I live in
> >Europe :)
>
> Actually Gurth, being in Europe might not help you there. Intellectual
> property laws (which is what this is about) are somewhat similar between
> the US and Europe. There are also a number of treaties that essentially
> draw these laws across national borders.
What I mean is that that kind of thing (trademarking someone else's
property and then sueing them) isn't done here; AFAIK the judge would
likely put the party that owned the thing first in the right, especially
if they'd owned it for a long time.
The only company I can think of to which this probably doesn't apply is
the Dutch postal services -- they've trademarked just about everything
they do or own, like the Dutch word for "post office"...
> > De ene ramp is de andere waard.
>
> Okay, I'll bite. What's this bit of Dutch mean?
"One disaster is worth another." A slightly changed version of the saying
"one service is worth another."
> BTW, I think Grolsch made several million special cans for Queen's Day
> consumption. I heard they were supposed to have the first six verses of
> the national anthem on them. I'm mildly suprised you hadn't heard that.
I had heard of it, but I'm not very interesting in drinking beer so I
haven't seen them myself; I expect they were orange in color, though.
BTW, I somehow don't think there were six verses on a single can... it'd
have to be in very small print :)
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