m*i
发帖数: 53 | 1 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:48:11 -0400
From: Monty Solomon
Subject: 'Entrepreneur' a trademarked word, court rules
Be careful if you use the word "entrepreneur." You might get sued.
Christine Van Dusen, *The Atlanta Journal-Constitution*, 25 Aug 2003
A federal judge recently ruled that the owner of Entrepreneur Magazine,
a small-business publication with about 2 million readers nationwide,
has dibs on the term. Entrepreneur Media, based in California,
trademarked the word after starting its maga | w**********k
发帖数: 1135 | 2 Is this word created by this magazine?
Even so, hasn't it been diluted?
【在 m*i 的大作中提到】
: Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:48:11 -0400
: From: Monty Solomon
: Subject: 'Entrepreneur' a trademarked word, court rules
: Be careful if you use the word "entrepreneur." You might get sued.
: Christine Van Dusen, *The Atlanta Journal-Constitution*, 25 Aug 2003
: A federal judge recently ruled that the owner of Entrepreneur Magazine,
: a small-business publication with about 2 million readers nationwide,
: has dibs on the term. Entrepreneur Media, based in California,
: trademarked the word after starting its maga
| x********o
发帖数: 132 | 3 The word has a generic meaning. It is hard to protect a trademark like this
because you cannot exclude others from using it in a generic way, such as
using it in "an entrepreneur meeting". I even don't think that they can stop
you using it if you start a magazine titled ****, and having a subtitle "A
magazine for entrepreneurs". I suggest that we should not use a trademark
like this, because it will cost a lot of money to maintain the trademark.
【在 w**********k 的大作中提到】
: Is this word created by this magazine?
: Even so, hasn't it been diluted?
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