You know something....I'm getting conditioned that whenever I hear the words "intellectual property" I reach for my wallet.
Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca> Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
07/16/2003 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] When you though things couldn't get any weirder...
Its not 'just' two chords.....its 'THOSE TWO".... :-P
Stephen L Johnson wrote:
>A friend of mine forwarded me this link:
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>http://www.411mania.com/music/news/article.php?news_id=3586
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>According to MTV.com, Metallica are suing independant Canadian rockers
>Unfaith over what they call "unsanctioned usage of two chords
>[Metallica] have been using since 1982 : E and F."
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>According to an MTV.com article link in the article, it's a trademark
>infringement case. Huh!?!? Since when does the PTO allow a trademark
>consisting of a sequence of two cords?
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