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den2k8812-Apr-23 22:28
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NewsDon’t call it Rust: Community complains about draft trademark policy restricting use of ‘word marks’ Pin
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GeneralRe: Don’t call it Rust: Community complains about draft trademark policy restricting use of ‘word marks’ Pin
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GeneralRe: Don’t call it Rust: Community complains about draft trademark policy restricting use of ‘word marks’ Pin
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GeneralRe: Don’t call it Rust: Community complains about draft trademark policy restricting use of ‘word marks’ Pin
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By Norwegian law, a trademark cannot be a simple, well known noun. It must have something 'new' to it - like another patent, it should not be well known at the time you ask for protection. 'Rust' has been known for millenia, and would not, by itself, be accepted as a protected trade mark in Norway (the word is the same in Norwegian).

I was convinced that the laws were similar in the US of A. Many years ago, Intel managed to make '486' a concept almost as well defined as 'Scotch' and 'Thermos', but competitors also benefited from the (non-protected) '486' mark. So for the next development, Intel tried to seek trademark protection for '586'. It was denied, Intel appealed to the court, and the judge turned them down, stating that 'the number 586 has been in use for a long time in several different application areas'. (I wish I had saved the exact wording, this is from memory.)

If you can not have '586' as a legally protected trade mark, I am surprised if you can have 'Rust' protected.
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