On 11/08/07, Doug Jackson <doug at stillhq.com> wrote:
Here in Australia, we have formal protection that is
available to Trade
Marks, through applying at the Trade Mark Office, and paying an
associated fee.
Does the same thing exist in the UK?
Yep. The fee is ?200 (US$ 400) ... BUT, it's got to be a distinctive
name, and not purely descriptive. "VCF" might qualify, but "Vintage
Computer Festival" probably won't, as it's too close to being a simple
description.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-applying/t-should.htm
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-essentialreading.pdf (Warning 1.2MB PDF)
However, I'd agree with other posters, trying to do something without
Sellam's input is just DAFT. So this discussion is pointless.
As for me, if it's held fairly locally, i might be persuaded to try to
finish resurrecting my econet and bring along a set up such that
people can have a play on an old-style viewdata BBS. (TG at H software,
running on networked BBC micros.) And as long as i can convince the
family that it'd make a good day out too :-)
Rob
PS. Another list would be find, but not on yahoo, please...