From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:02:35 -0400

Subject: Re: Know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em

This is a trademark issue, not a copyright one.  There is a "use it or
lose it" aspect to trademark law--or so lawyers have told me.  If a TM
holder does not enforce the trademark, it gets eroded.  This puts an
organization into the position of having to defend itself against even
tiny transgressions because they can become cumulative.  I learned
this lesson the hard way, sitting in a court room watching as an
attorney whittled away at my company's trademark.  It was very
dispiriting.

Joe Esposito