[ANSTHRLD] Permission to conflict??

[Wendel Bordelon]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Jay Rudin <rudin at ev1.net> wrote:

>  It's worth remembering that trademarks are also "made-up names and
>  devices", and a great deal of law is involved in their use.

In the Governing Documents of the SCA you will find:

    XII. POLICY ON SERVICE MARKS
    The names (group and award/order) and armory (devices and badges)
    registered by Laurel to the SCA or to branches are to be considered
    service marks of the SCA. This recognition is to formally recognize these
    marks and our use of them to the purpose the US Patent and Trademark
    Office terms "collective marks."

Which ties the armory and names used by the SCA to the real world
protections of
Trademark.   And just to quell the potiential question,  this does not
apply to names
and armory that were registered to/by individuals.

--Francois