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From: costello@stx.UUCP (Michael E. Costello)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Greg Alt (R)
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Date: 28 Mar 91 15:31:50 GMT
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In article <1991Mar28.144251.5333@cbnewse.att.com>, cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) writes:
> 
> In article <6750016@hp-vcd.HP.COM>, johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
> > <<
> > < If you were to make Greg Alt a trademark of Greg Alt Ltd., they could 
> > < theoretically claim free use by using your name and not your company's.  If, 
> > < on the other hand, you played a mean guitar, you could talk to Billy 
> > < Joel(R)'s law firm.
> > ----------
> > When the Goodwill(tm) games were held in Seattle they were very picky
> > about who could use the name "Goodwill". Some radio station found a guy
> > in the phonebook named Goodwill and got him to sponsor some events so
> > that they could use the name without paying for it.
> > 
> > John Eaton
> > !hp-vcd!johne
> 
> What about the Goodwill Industries charity organization?
> 
> 
Today's (3/28) New York Times details a Supreme Court decision that
strikes down copyright protection for a telephone book on the grounds
that the work lacks "originality."


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