Look I'm no expert but in this one I'd have to side with Raider yet again. Reason being that as an avid international sports fan I have an inkling (without doing the research) that there are many sporting teams with the same names throughout the world and I think possibly within the US, providing they are in diff codes. Surely when we look at the NBA, the NFL and the Baseball and Ice Hockey Leagues in America there are some same names? No?Raiderdave wrote:so you know the copyright laws do you ?TLPG wrote:I've won a defamation action for the record. So I know my law.Raiderdave wrote:you know squat
you've proved it numerous times in here
this bloke .. an expert ... from Melbourne
says you don't
http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/bomb ... 1hez8.html
'But prominent Melbourne sports lawyer Paul Ehrlich rubbished suggestions Essendon would have a case to argue for infringement of trademark or intellectual property rights.
"You've got to show that somebody's been misled or deceived, that's the cause of action, that's the thing you're complaining about," Ehrlich told Melbourne's SEN radio'
who seriously would argue that people don't know the difference between the 2 sides
in 2 different codes
in 2 different cities , this is why the name has been approved
theres no deception ... it won't even go to court
& theres more bad news on the way
I hear on the grape vine.. that the name for 2 more of the new NRL sides
will be the
Perth Magpies
& ... Adelaide Demons :_<>
Welcome , the Mighty Brisbane Bombers
- King-Eliagh
- Coach
- Posts: 13126
- Joined: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:23 pm
- Team: Parramatta
- Location:
- Has thanked: 16 times
- Been liked: 11 times
xman wrote:KE, why is an even comp important?
-
- Coach
- Posts: 3478
- Joined: Wed May 09, 2007 9:15 pm
- Team: MYOB
- Location: MYOB
- Has thanked: 18 times
- Been liked: 8 times
Exact replicas there may be some. I haven't checked all of them. I would assume that San Francisco haven't trademarked "Giants" by itself, otherwise West Sydney couldn't use it. I do know that one of the Melbourne soccer clubs got into trouble with a US team (can't remember which one off the top of my head) over this issue and that's why the AFL took no chances with the name for the Gold Coast.
Ehrlich is a fool. The issue isn't with Essendon. It's with the AFL. They've trademarked "Bombers", and anyone else who is already using it at the local level would have been using it before the name was trademarked - or got permission from the AFL and Essendon to do it (example - Tiwi Bombers). I've done my homework and I know how it works.
Ehrlich is a fool. The issue isn't with Essendon. It's with the AFL. They've trademarked "Bombers", and anyone else who is already using it at the local level would have been using it before the name was trademarked - or got permission from the AFL and Essendon to do it (example - Tiwi Bombers). I've done my homework and I know how it works.
THIS FORUM IS RACIST
- Raiderdave
- Coach
- Posts: 16700
- Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:10 pm
- Team: Canberra
- Location:
- Has thanked: 0
- Been liked: 0
TLPG wrote:Exact replicas there may be some. I haven't checked all of them. I would assume that San Francisco haven't trademarked "Giants" by itself, otherwise West Sydney couldn't use it. I do know that one of the Melbourne soccer clubs got into trouble with a US team (can't remember which one off the top of my head) over this issue and that's why the AFL took no chances with the name for the Gold Coast.
Ehrlich is a fool. The issue isn't with Essendon. It's with the AFL. They've trademarked "Bombers", and anyone else who is already using it at the local level would have been using it before the name was trademarked - or got permission from the AFL and Essendon to do it (example - Tiwi Bombers). I've done my homework and I know how it works.
If you've done your homework
then the Brisbane Bombers have nothing to worry about
- Raiderdave
- Coach
- Posts: 16700
- Joined: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:10 pm
- Team: Canberra
- Location:
- Has thanked: 0
- Been liked: 0
they aren't if you've done yours ....TLPG wrote:They haven't done they're homework. They're gone.
Last edited by Raiderdave on Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Bing [Bot], Google [Bot] and 54 guests