This has been pointed out before, so lets not make OCLC the villan in
this. Anyone who holds a trademark has a duty to defend the trademark
against infringement. If they don't the trademark is dilluted and can
pass into the public domain. So they can't just shrug their shoulders
and let it slide if they want to maintain their trademark.
Mary Lou Wilker
Library Director
Warner Norcross & Judd
900 Fifth Third Center
111 Lyon St. N.W.
Grand Rapids MI 49503
fax 616-222-2236
phone 616-752-2236
>>> "David P. Dillard" <jwne@astro.ocis.temple.edu> 11/25/03 12:13PM
>>>
This case and the defense of trademark rights by OCLC for a copyright
scheme that has seemed to be a public method of organizing so many
libraries, not only came as a great shock to many, but also leads one
to
wonder what any database protection legislation passage will find OCLC
doing to enforce their newly one protections should this database
protection become law.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@astro.temple.edu
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetGold/>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html>
<http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html>
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Sam Trosow wrote:
> I'm glad to see that OCLC has backed off of its over-reaching
position and has
> settled this matter on such positive terms. I'd like to think that
the strong
> outpouring of concern from the library community over OCLC's tenuous
tactics
> had some postiive influence in this resolution.
>
> Sam Trosow
> University of Western Ontario
>
> "David P. Dillard" wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 06:50:21 -0500 (EST)
> > From: David P. Dillard <jwne@temple.edu>
> > Reply-To: NetGold@yahoogroups.com
> > To: NetGold <NetGold@yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [NetGold] TRADEMARKS: CASES: It is Safe to Return to Your
New York
> > Hotel Late in the Morning Somewhat Dewey Eyed
> >
> > TRADEMARKS: CASES: It is Safe to Return to Your New York Hotel Late
in the
> > Morning Somewhat Dewey
> >
> > OCLC and The Library Hotel Settle Trademark Complaint
> > <http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/20031124.htm>
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