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A '''trademark''' is a [[monopoly]] on some [[brand]] or [[product]] name.  It is protected under different laws that have lately become very similar due to [[globalization]]. Claims that activists are [[diluting the trademark]] are a common form of intimidation and harassment.  ''See also [[libel chill]] here.''
A '''trademark''' is a [[monopoly]] on some [[social capital]] signalled by a [[brand name]] or [[service mark][].  It is protected under different laws that have lately become very similar due to [[globalization]].


[[Consumerium Governance Organization]] has to make some important decisions about how to deal with this type of monopoly and problems and opportunities that it creates for the [[Consumerium License]].
[[Consumerium Governance Organization]] has to make some important decisions about how to deal with this type of monopoly and problems and opportunities that it creates for the [[Consumerium License]].


One use is to require a [[test suite]] for any product using the trademark.  This requirement is in most [[consortium license]]s.
One use is to require a [[test suite]] for any product using the trademark.  This requirement is in most [[consortium license]]s and has been used even to shut down [[Microsoft]], e.g. their Java libraries which really weren't Java's.
 
== See also ==
* [[World Intellectual Property Organization]]
* [[European Union Intellectual Property Office]]
 
== Trademark and related search engines and directories ==
* [[European Union Intellectual Property Office#TMVIew|TMView by EUIPO]] allows you to search for trademarks to determine uniqueness within the
* [[European Union Intellectual Property Office#TMVIew|TMClass by EUIPO]] allows you to determine a correct [[Nice Classification]] from the possible [[product and service classifications]].
 
== In Wikipedia ==
* [[w:Madrid system]] (officially the Madrid system for the international registration of marks) is the primary international system for facilitating the registration of trademarks in multiple jurisdictions around the world. (Wikipedia)
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