Good job old Henry didn't patent the colour black for his model T. On 20 Mar 2014 11:21, "Chris McSweeny" wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Rossano Gobbi >wrote: > > > It's a shame if they will be destroyed, but Fluke is clearly doing what > > any other company owning a trademark would do. > > > > Any other company in the US where trademark and patent law is such a > shambles maybe. I doubt you could get away with such a loose trademark in > any other country - as pointed out, does it mean that the number of > possible manufacturers of multimeters is limited to the number of primary > colours (given that the colour of the sparkfun meters in question is > actually more orange than yellow, and nowhere near the same as the "Fluke= " > colour)? Do you really think there is moral justification to such an > action? > > Chris > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .