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Re: [pbmserv] Broadcast from slipsits via PBM Server

Alexander wrote:

I  don't  think  it  is  appropriate.  The  owl is a symbol of a Russian
intellectual  game What?Where?When? that has been in a form of a TV show
for  over  30  years.  And  that  gane is patented, which means that all
components of the game including owl protected by copyright laws.
Patents prevent people from using the IDEAS of others as if they were their own.

Copyrights prevent people from using the written or otherwise PUBLISHED content of others as it they were their own.

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION prevents people from using the IMAGES that identify particular BUSINESS VENTURES of others as if they were their own.

Thus, neither patent nor copyright would prevent PBM from using an owl as a mascot image. In addition, more than one kind of owls exist, and more than one IMAGE of an owl exists. As long as the image that would be chosen would be readily discernible from the image used for the TV show, there should be no problems. Furthermore, that show is not the only company that has an owl as a trademark, but (of course) each owl trademark image IS different, hence there are no conflicts.