tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5790054318409440588..comments2024-03-29T06:53:23.405+00:00Comments on The IPKat: BREAKING NEWS: someone wants to register 'Je suis Charlie' as a trade markVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11489679882086715022015-01-14T16:05:22.560+00:002015-01-14T16:05:22.560+00:00There is now also the first US TM application: htt...There is now also the first US TM application: https://twitter.com/eLAWnora/status/555374103188996097Eleonora Rosatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629420303968805446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17128555123347033232015-01-14T13:57:58.134+00:002015-01-14T13:57:58.134+00:00There's been 50(?!) trademark applications in ...There's been 50(?!) trademark applications in France too, and the domain names (.fr, .com, .org, and .co.uk) all went within hours too...<br /><br />http://descrier.co.uk/news/world/jesuischarlie-vultures-attempt-trademark-exploit-message-hope/Timhttp://techfruit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33804006409467188392015-01-14T09:53:09.327+00:002015-01-14T09:53:09.327+00:00Anonymous at 17:59, FYI this is an IP weblog. Anonymous at 17:59, FYI this is an IP weblog. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-86717724382749467262015-01-14T09:31:47.163+00:002015-01-14T09:31:47.163+00:00This has also been happening in France, over 50 ap...This has also been happening in France, over 50 applications so far for je suis charlie or the logo, all refused by l'INPI (apparently, see link) for lack of distinctive character, rather than on any public policy grounds.<br /><br />http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2015/01/12/97002-20150112FILWWW00430-je-suis-charlie-50-demandes-de-marque.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51457195275406601022015-01-14T09:03:25.459+00:002015-01-14T09:03:25.459+00:00Apparently, there have been some 50 (fifty!) simul...Apparently, there have been some 50 (fifty!) simultaneous trademark applications. The French news spoof program "Le petit journal" relentlessly mocked these bottom-feeders in this segment:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkeC6EZNHsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-90286663732623907392015-01-13T17:59:59.284+00:002015-01-13T17:59:59.284+00:00"so if we take copying as theft"
There&..."so if we take copying as theft"<br /><br />There's that word "if" again. Wonder what it's for.<br /><br />Sharia law isn't law in this country (UK). If 2 parties want to "arbitrate" by a set of rules that's up to them, but it doesn't make it law.<br /><br />By "our world" I refer to the civilised world as opposed to medieval barbaric nations. Think this is insulting?<br /><br />Let's take Iran:<br />"Article 167 of the constitution states that all judicial rulings must be based upon "authoritative Islamic sources and authentic fatwa".[79] Book 2 of the Islamic Penal Code of Iran is entirely devoted to hudud punishments, including flogging and stoning for adultery, and execution for men who have sex with men"<br /><br />How about parts of Nigeria?<br />"Until 1999, Islamic law applied primarily to civil matters, but twelve of Nigeria’s thirty-six states have since extended Sharia to criminal matters.[149] Sharia courts can order amputations, and a few have been carried out."<br /><br />Stoning of women is also quite common.<br /><br />Maritania?<br />"The Penal Code contains Sharia crimes such heresy, apostasy, atheism, refusal to pray, adultery and alcoholism. Punishments include lapidation, amputation and flagellation"<br /><br />You must forgive me if it offends you that I have zero respect for this system or the nations that apply it. Maybe the great sharia judges will order a fatwah on my head.<br /><br />Meanwhile, back in "our world", I'm going to play some music, watch some TV (with women showing their faces!!!!). I was going to pop out and slaughter a school full of children, but then realised I'm not a barbarian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23423654713025041512015-01-13T14:57:46.129+00:002015-01-13T14:57:46.129+00:00Anonymous @ 14:16,
Your conclusion is flawed, as ...Anonymous @ 14:16,<br /><br />Your conclusion is flawed, as copying is ONLY considered theft when it breaks the law.<br /><br />Even during the term of protection, certain types of copying is permitted, and thus would not be theft.<br /><br />Regardless, of those types, when the term of protection expires, there is not breaking of the law.<br /><br />Too clever by half, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-80110613882835314212015-01-13T14:45:05.478+00:002015-01-13T14:45:05.478+00:00Anonymous at 14:15 is, I suggest, incorrect on any...Anonymous at 14:15 is, I suggest, incorrect on any construction of the comment. <br /><br />If "our world" means "the world", then there are plenty of countries that have Sharia as a national system of law that also have IP provisions, and the IPKat blog is read in them.<br /><br />If "our world" means European countries such as the UK, then it is still incorrect. Parties in the UK can use ADR under any agreed system of law, including Sharia, and disputes can be adjudicated in this manner - and are.Darren Smythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252776942038752516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-91988901338875133412015-01-13T14:16:32.741+00:002015-01-13T14:16:32.741+00:00p.s.
Under Christian law, thou shall not steal, so...p.s.<br />Under Christian law, thou shall not steal, so if we take copying as theft, then a perpetual monopoly exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78325660545247051362015-01-13T14:15:08.144+00:002015-01-13T14:15:08.144+00:00Sharia doesn't apply in our world so is irrele...Sharia doesn't apply in our world so is irrelevant. May as well have a discussion of how IP is treated in those virtual words computer nerds inhabit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-90762680428112906162015-01-13T13:12:04.889+00:002015-01-13T13:12:04.889+00:00My Sharia knowledge is more than just a little bit...My Sharia knowledge is more than just a little bit rusty, but would not IP be treated the same as other types of property under Sharia? From what I remember, Sharia does not outlaw property ownership...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51948632148793775862015-01-13T12:18:36.902+00:002015-01-13T12:18:36.902+00:00More interestingly, how does sharia view the types...More interestingly, how does sharia view the types of IP with which this blog is concerned? Is exercise of a patent monopoly permissible under sharia, and what time of license terms / royalty schemes may feature? I, and I imagine others, would enjoy reading a guest Kat post on that subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-31268211330088910082015-01-13T10:38:25.100+00:002015-01-13T10:38:25.100+00:00I'd like to see them try and sue the Prophet M...I'd like to see them try and sue the Prophet Mohammad for his recent use of the phrase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com