Re: Re: Coipyright in the Hollywood Sign

> >It's a scam. If they were real, they'd be saying trademark, but if
> >they were real they'd also know that they have no trademark rights in
> >the UK
>
> Is that right? There's no mechanism for international enforcement of
> trademarks?

It's sort of like patents, it's per country. But unlike copyrights, trademarks have geographic scope, and since the Hollywood sign is most definitely in California, it's hard to see how they could have a UK trademark.

Remember that in the US there is specific language in the Constitution enabling copyrights and patents, but Federal trademark law is just from the general commerce power.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl[_at_]iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly. Received on Mon Jun 20 2005 - 20:05:01 GMT