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OriginalGriff wrote: Iceland the UK supermarket trademarked "Iceland" EU wide
And that shows that all those trademarks and patents has nothing to do with safekeeping your property and its value... It is all about paying first for those bureaucrats...
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Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: Iceland the UK supermarket trademarked "Iceland" EU wide
Makes me wonder, is it still trademarked within the UK after the Brexit?
Would be ironic if Iceland companies could still use 'Iceland' right there, but not abroad... 
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The solution is simple: Iceland (the country) should charter a company called The United Kingdom, and register that trademark in all EU languages.
Then sit back and watch the fur fly...
(Extra points: register all the other EU countries' names in a similar manner.)
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I considered registering 'America', but I like your idea, too 
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Name it 'EU', just to see if anyone buys it 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Iceland the UK supermarket trademarked "Iceland" EU wide
Um...how is his possible? You can't trademark something if there's prior use of the mark in commerce. I'm fairly sure Iceland's sold stuff.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Well, Apple patented "rounded rectangles" and I'm pretty sure they didn't use 'em first either! 
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They didn't give specifics in the article but it will be related to food, people will have shops like "Iceland Fish" or whatever, or have products called "Iceland Apples". If Iceland has been trademarked in relation to food products and your product or company could cause confusion then it's a breach of TM. The fact that your country is called Iceland doesn't give you a legal right to "pass off" your goods as being affiliated with an established brand. For example if you had a chicken shop in Kentucky should you be able to call it "KFC" for Kentucky Fried Chicken? I'm sure you'll agree the answer to that is obviously "no", it's the same concept but on a larger scale.
All that being said, they probably will win their case.
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E) Bankrupt
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Is there still time to trademark 'China' and demand a cut for everything 'Made In China' ?
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Trademarks, like patents, should be invalid if there is 'prior knowledge', hence since the country existed long before the supermarket the name cant be registered and the country is free to use it any way it damn well likes.
And no, Greenland is clearly a fruit and veg chain and Finland specialise in fish. 
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Agreed. They could register 'Iceland-Food' or 'Iceland-Super' or 'Iceland-Morons', but not just 'Iceland'. It's about time someone told the patent office there is a land called Iceland out there...
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Current stats from the Twitter vote
Chile 5%
Greenland 2%
Finland 1%
Icy McIceFace 92%
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
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Not sure it is allowed to trademark something that has been around for so long without anyone claiming it.
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If it is not too closely related to your other github stuff I suggest a new repo.
"One project, one repo"
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Maybe Github wiki fits you...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You inspired me to click the "gist" link in Github, that was it!
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Yes, you can do that. There is no problem with one file repos. Besides, who cares?
If you feel shy you can use gists, they are files that you create and you can use gists to share the code too. Create a new Gist · GitHub[^]. But this is not a "one file repo", it is a one file only; no pull push clone.
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yes, I already edited my question, I found out the gist link!
and this is exactly what I need in that case!
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If a man is incomplete until he is married, after that is he finished?
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He could be unconscioulsy coupled?
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If his wife doesn't finish him, his kids will.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Too many jokes, all of which invite death.
Cheers,
Mick
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He's certainly tightly coupled.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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