CMST 3II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Music Of Canada, Creative Commons, Exon
14 Jan 2017
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Trademarks: words or symbols distinguishing businesses and services to protect against misleading packaging that confuses consumers about source of products/services. Want consumers to know what company the product they are purchasing is from (e. g. apple logo is distinct: must be distinctive inherently or distinctiveness must be acquired through use. E. g. of distinctiveness being acquired over time is disney (not something that would pop into your head initially but now you are accustomed to it: need to be renewed every 15 years, inherent distinctiveness must me. Fanciful no other meaning acting outside of the trademark, e. g. kodak, exon. Arbitrary no relationship to the product/service in itself (apple can be related to computers not food company) Ford: can be rejected if marker is not distinctiveness enough, can be moral, scandalous, etc. Can"t re ect institutions, speci c generic works: very dependent on circumstance, works on case by case basis. Utilitarian approach to copyright: video: don"t copy that floppy (youtube link)
