tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post3391358482750434023..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Russians getting Bolshie over LeninVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-1222884482810405992011-12-15T09:38:20.619+00:002011-12-15T09:38:20.619+00:00Talking about historical national figures: In Chin...Talking about historical national figures: In China one could register the name of Qu Yuan (340-278 BCE), who committed suicide by drowning himself in protest to corruption by the authorities at that time, for a trade mark for pig-feed (just short of fish-feed, because the legend goes that people did not want that the fish eat him, so they threw in rice and poured wine in the river, and they do that still every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month as a tradition). <br /><br />I think an expansion of the provisions that reject the trade mark registration symbols of the state (in China art. 10 Trade mark law) could be expended with historical national figures (who cannot protect the integrity of their identity)could be considered. However, the trade mark office could make exceptions if the name is used for a trade mark in a tasteful and responsible way. If a trade mark, which includes or equals the name of an historical national figure, is used in a proper way (which might include education on the package about the figure), it may help that the historical national figure lives on in the minds of the public.IP Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285334008761103494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-23424132346157584682011-12-14T14:48:27.617+00:002011-12-14T14:48:27.617+00:00That's what I've heard: If there're so...That's what I've heard: If there're something in common between Putin and Medvedev, then it's their dislike of strong spirits. Putin st most drink beer, and Medvedev at most drink wine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-53220311970375594842011-12-13T19:25:46.521+00:002011-12-13T19:25:46.521+00:00The French didn't have problems with Napoleon ...The French didn't have problems with Napoleon for the brandy.The Trademarkovs'noreply@blogger.com