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Aug 23, 2011 11:12 am
Aug 23, 2011 11:12 am
Subject: Re: "Lagonda car bonnet badges" on ebay: fakes
Colin, could you post a photograph of the badge, please?
I'm not quite sure that I understand your point on trade mark protection. Material in which copyright subsists falls into the public domain in due course by operation of law (ditto patent, btw). However, trade mark protection does not operate in that way at all, notwithstanding corporate insolvency etc.. So, copyright protection for most of 'our' badge designs (pre and post war) will almost certainly have ended by now. However, AML can still protect its trade marks in the usual way (via its registered rights and the law of passing off).
Colin, could you post a photograph of the badge, please?
I'm not quite sure that I understand your point on trade mark protection. Material in which copyright subsists falls into the public domain in due course by operation of law (ditto patent, btw). However, trade mark protection does not operate in that way at all, notwithstanding corporate insolvency etc.. So, copyright protection for most of 'our' badge designs (pre and post war) will almost certainly have ended by now. However, AML can still protect its trade marks in the usual way (via its registered rights and the law of passing off).