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2012 wrote:Realtreaty wrote:We can still ignore it as we have been using it all the time. We cannot be forced to it as we have it on our Clothes before that. We can beat them in court of law.
A business in Kenya cannot patent a community thing.
Kiondo gone with Japanise- few people using it now as people felt it was a stolen identity
Our Lawyers are to blame. Better they could have studied CRE/IRE/HRE/JRE
I agree. There's no way we can go patenting every word and phrases. But also, this could be misleading, we need to check what the patent applies to and which regions. It could be for an animated feature produced for certain markets. why are you guys calling it "patenting"? it's a trademark and it has a context! Quote:
While a patent, with the exclusion of a design patent, protects inventions of new processes.
copyright protects published and unpublished original works, including works in literature, music, art, architecture, software, and choreography. Like a patent holder, the copyright owner has exclusive rights, including the right to reproduce, make derivatives, distribute copies, display the work in public, or perform the work publicly.
Trademarks protect the words, phrases, symbols, logos, or other devices used to identify the source of goods or services from usage by other competitors. Trademarks give the owner exclusive use of certain images and phrases, and the right to prevent others from using a similar mark that would confuse consumers about who was producing the goods or services the consumer was buying.
Apple is a trademark - no one stopped people from growing them. Just stops random people from creating a company called 'Apple' Virgin is a trademark... Coca cola is a trademark e.t.c. plus who said "Hakuna Matata" is "ours"? it's a common expression from here to south africa! All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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