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From: jrs@netcom.com (John Switzer)
Subject: Re: Copyrighted characters in adventures
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 20:26:40 GMT
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In article <JIM.94Apr28132816@esprit.visix.com> jim@visix.com writes:
>
>Gareth Rees writes:
>>Tom Almy writes:
>>> When James grows up and starts up his "James Bond Agent Agency" he
>>> could be sued for trademark infringment.
>>
>>I believe this is false, at least in the UK; you're allowed to trade
>>under your own name even if it infringes someone else's copyright (but
>>you're not allowed to gratuitously change your name for trading
>>purposes).
>
>It is true in the US (at least in some cases, I don't know the fine
>points).  I remember reading that the third Gallo brother (other than
>Ernest and Julio) is not allowed to use the family name to sell wine.
>(These are producers of mass-market California wines.  If you're lucky,
>you've never heard of them in the UK. ;-)

Oh come on - Gallo sells the best wine that ever came in a cardboard
container! You can't do better when you're shopping for a gallon at 
a time!
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