Re: list lawyers - read this

[<isham-research.freeserve.co.uk@pop.pol.net.uk>]

> 1.  a trademark is a trademark, it doesn't have to be famous.

> 2.  not a lawyer, but I believe confusion with the "real thing" is
>     necessary in trademark infringement issues

McDonald's didn't cover themselves in glory a year or two back when they
brought out a breakfast MacSandwich and went after the owners of a
sandwich bar in Scotland that had been using the name for years.

Public opinion more than the law forced them to back down.

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