Comments on: Eagle Candidates Cautioned On Use Of City Trademark https://boiseguardian.com/2011/10/27/eagle-candidates-cautioned-on-use-of-city-trademark/ A different slant on the news. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:24:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: ola https://boiseguardian.com/2011/10/27/eagle-candidates-cautioned-on-use-of-city-trademark/#comment-25634 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:24:29 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=7244#comment-25634 If the candidate is running for the city council for the city of eagle, what is wrong with using the eagle emblem on their campaign literature? Like dave says they can stand in front of the emblem and have their picture taken. An by the way, if that letter from the city is any indication of the clarity of anything that goes on in the city of eagle, no wonder they don’t have a downtown. who doesn’t have a question regarding the letter after reading it?

]]> By: John Browder https://boiseguardian.com/2011/10/27/eagle-candidates-cautioned-on-use-of-city-trademark/#comment-25629 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:39:16 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=7244#comment-25629 Dear Mr. Guardian:

I think you may be confusing trademark and copyright law. Without waxing on, the fair use doctrine generally allows people, under certain circumstances, to use copyrighted material to create new expression. I don’t think it applies to trademark law. Trademark law intends to protect words, names or symbols. Copyright aims to protect original works of authorship, which can include literary works, photographs, musical works and other stuff. Copyright and trademark law are conceptually distinct.

EDITOR NOTE–You are totally correct and I do indeed understand. The original warning from the city specifically cited the sign. I think the issue was TRADEMARK rather than the sign and that’s why I discussed both as well as linked to the trademark issue from the oil company people previously posted. Have to admit we haven’t seen the controversial material, but sought to put it into perspective.

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