RE: Generics [Was RE: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re:NewZealand.biz]

[Andy Gardner <andy@navigator.co.nz>]

At 10:09 AM -0500 10/11/02, Rodrigo  Orenday Serrato wrote:
>You are making it sound extreme.

No, YOU made it sound extreme:

"As you know, TEQUILA is not only our foremost national
liquor, but it is also an apellation controlle, which may not be used for
anything else but for the identification of the aforesaid beverage."



>
>TM law does not preclude people from speaking, and I certainly wouldn't want
>it to (there would be no room for marketing and advertising then).
>
>What you can't use tequila for is any other product not made with or from
>tequila. Your query was worse than a question in freshman class in law
>school.

Don't start that shit with me. I'm not a lawyer, I'm an Internet citizen,
and I get riled when people like you come in here and start trying to force
your TM law in places it doesn't belong.

>Atentamente, Regards
>Rodrigo Orenday Serratos
>
>-----Mensaje original-----
>De: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]En nombre de Andy
>Gardner
>Enviado el: Jueves, 10 de Octubre de 2002 07:10 PM
>Para: ga@dnso.org
>Asunto: RE: Generics [Was RE: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re:
>NewZealand.biz]
>
>
>At 5:51 PM -0500 10/10/02, Rodrigo  Orenday Serrato wrote:
>>On the other hand, it is funny that you should mention the interest of
>>Mexico on what a Norwegian does through a Brazilian registry, because the
>>last time I checked, a Norwegian holds TEQUILA.COM, and uses it for a
>mobile
>>phone website. As you know, TEQUILA is not only our foremost national
>>liquor, but it is also an apellation controlle, which may not be used for
>>anything else but for the identification of the aforesaid beverage.
>
>So anyone who lives in Tequila, Jalisco, is not allowed to say where
>they're from, unless they hav a drink in their hand at the time?
>
>Are cartographers allowed to mark Tequila, Jalisco on maps?
>
>You sound like you want to progress TM law to the stage where people get
>jailed for uttering a TM'ed term.
>
>--
>Andrew P. Gardner
>barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
>We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
>Get active: http://www.tldlobby.com
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barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
Get active: http://www.tldlobby.com
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