Emule trademark problems
Here is an email I recieved today I have removed the German text version if anyone wants it just yell
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Of all things a dialer program :MAD: we don't need anymore of those out there;( Unfortunatly if this goes bad I can see a trend starting I'm sure their going to need all the help they can get for this. |
sorry to hear it aweshucks. i'm not up on german copyright law but registering a mark doesn't normally supercede a pre-existing usage - if it can be proven that the one preceded the other. you'd have good case in other words if you used ''emule'' before he did. not that the courts will automatically agree, and you'll no doubt have to spend funds that can be used elsewhere for your defense. it's yet another in a growing list of examples how copyright laws are used to stifle ideas as opposed to their stated purpose of diseminating them.
in the end it may make more sense to create a new name. - js. |
Slyck now has an article on this issue
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=393 For the rest of the story and updates http://www.freemule.net/ |
Freemule has a nice ring to it. All the logos will have to be wider, but if a name change had to happen I don't think it's such a terrible thing. When your regular person thinks P2P they think Kazaa; I don't think eMule users will be much confused.
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Ad-watch handles most of that. SpySweeper has some realtime protection too. |
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