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Subject: Re: [ModularSynthPanels] Re: Klee panel E-M royalty

From: Paul Lord <plord@...>
Date: 2009-04-07

One correction to the analysis from Bill

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:22 PM, wjhall11 <wjhall@...> wrote:
> There is a possible exception to do with the trademark of the term "KLEE"
> but trademark is a whole other can of worms and would require Mr. Stites to
> register the term, or so I understand.

Proof of prior commercial use (that's the "trade" part) is usually
sufficient for a trademark claim. Registration provides additional
protections. It is exactly analogous to copyrights, which exist upon
creation of the work but which have much smaller teeth until
registered.

Paul
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who is also going to buy one however this works out and whatever it costs...