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<blockquote data-quote="GrahamWills" data-source="post: 8859709" data-attributes="member: 75787"><p>Jaeger, I get what you are saying, but there really is a reason why trademarks and copyright are different. The former is to ensure that you know that the entity you are dealing with is who you think they are. The second is to protect an inventor from having their work stolen.</p><p></p><p>These are really, really different things. There are many, many good reasons you don't want to lump them together.</p><p></p><p>I understand that it's especially confusing when the same thing is subject to both laws, but these are separate things that do need to be kept separate.</p><p></p><p>Also, be aware that trademarks are much more restricted and hard work than copyright. For example, a trademark only applies to a domain of operation, which is why we could have two companies called "Apple" for a good many years until the computer domain one started selling into the music music domain one. I can start a "Conan" product line of kewpie dolls without running into any issue with the "Conan" roleplaying games. But if I start making 52mm "Conan" miniatures, then the roleplaying game company might think I'm infringing on their space.</p><p></p><p>I am not a lawyer, but I've had a fair amount of interaction with them. It's easy to say ""this is stupid; let's trash everything", but when the result of that is that sick people buy a drug with a trademark name that does not do what they think it does, it gets a little more real.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrahamWills, post: 8859709, member: 75787"] Jaeger, I get what you are saying, but there really is a reason why trademarks and copyright are different. The former is to ensure that you know that the entity you are dealing with is who you think they are. The second is to protect an inventor from having their work stolen. These are really, really different things. There are many, many good reasons you don't want to lump them together. I understand that it's especially confusing when the same thing is subject to both laws, but these are separate things that do need to be kept separate. Also, be aware that trademarks are much more restricted and hard work than copyright. For example, a trademark only applies to a domain of operation, which is why we could have two companies called "Apple" for a good many years until the computer domain one started selling into the music music domain one. I can start a "Conan" product line of kewpie dolls without running into any issue with the "Conan" roleplaying games. But if I start making 52mm "Conan" miniatures, then the roleplaying game company might think I'm infringing on their space. I am not a lawyer, but I've had a fair amount of interaction with them. It's easy to say ""this is stupid; let's trash everything", but when the result of that is that sick people buy a drug with a trademark name that does not do what they think it does, it gets a little more real. [/QUOTE]
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