I make the point including some humor to demonstrate the flaws of empowering trademark holders too much. I use myself and my own trademark as an example of why people like me should NOT be empowered. On 1/21/2012 8:36 PM, Avri Doria wrote: > On 21 Jan 2012, at 23:16, Marc Perkel wrote: > >> If I control REALITY on the Internet - wouldn't that make me a deity? > i think the extension of trademark into theology is further afield than even the IPC and the other friends of marking common words for usurption would go. > > While I favor adding comments along the lines that Kathy and Timothe suggest, I hope we can avoid going this far. I certainly hope we avoid Theology and Deification as sub themes. I actually also hope we can avoid giving any support for the trademark of common language words that should be protected from marking as part of the cultural commons. > > I will avoid, except for this single sentence, discussions of the category error involved in confusing the word 'reality' for the actuality of reality. > > avri >