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Now I know from where the Telus Mobility Enhancer came from

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"The aircraft is designed to fly with one engine, one tail, one elevator, and half of one wing missing." Jeb has found a worthy opponent.

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"Telus", formally "BC Tell" is also a canadian telcom/ISP. see http://telus.com/

I am surprised that nobody from them has complained formally. "Telus Mobility" is what they call thier cellphone service. A "telus mobility enhancer" sounds like a signal booster --> trademark issues.

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A "telus mobility enhancer" sounds like a signal booster --> trademark issues.

No, it's not a trademark issue, because trademarks are always registered for specific product groups. It doesn't matter what the product sounds like, it matters what the product is.

According to the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, the trademark "Telus Mobility" is registred for

Wireless telecommunication services, namely communications by means of cellular telephone, mobile radio, digital cordless telephone, pager, satellite; interconnection services between cellular phones, mobile radios, digital cordless telephones, pagers, satellites and telecommunication networks, long distance telephone services, paging services, leasing of telecommunication equipment and services, wireless data transmission services, namely the transmission of data over a wireless telecommunication network, wireless telephone conferencing services, 411 information services, cellular network services, and operation of a business selling wireless apparatus, equipment, pagers, cellular telephone, mobile radio systems and equipment; operation of a business selling wireless telecommunication maintenance services, namely maintenance and repair of wireless apparatus, equipment, pagers, cellular telephone, mobile radio systems and equipment; and operation of a business selling wireless telecommunication services, namely communications by means of cellular telephone, mobile radio, digital cordless telephone, pager, satellite; interconnection services between cellular phones, mobile radios, digital cordless telephones, pagers, satellites, computer and telecommunication networks, long distance telephone services, paging services, operation of a business for the leasing of telecommunication equipment and services, namely wireless data transmission services, namely the transmission of data over a wireless telecommunications network, wireless telephone conferencing services, voice processing services, 411 information services, cellular network services, and telecommunication consulting services, namely, contract research and development with respect to telecommunications.

Note that "Ladders" is absent from the list.

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But you see, nothing in this game is a "satellite". It's all just computer code, nothing actually orbits anything else. Also, you took the clause out of context. "Communications by satellite" does not apply here in the slightest. Squad has nothing to fear.

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That doesn't look very comfortable. The rungs are widely spaced apart and it doesn't go all the way up to the cockpit itself. Do you actually have to heave yourself up into the cockpit from the top of the ladder? It looks pretty scary, to be honest.

Then again, the pilots are actually trained and physically fit while I'm just a potato who sits behind a computer and strands all his pilots on the mun.

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No, it's not a trademark issue, because trademarks are always registered for specific product groups. It doesn't matter what the product sounds like, it matters what the product is.

(1) Trademarks do not need to be registered to be enforced. In short, they need only be a distinguishing mark used in trade. Registration is helpful and can increase damages, but it is not required.

(2) The specifics of product classifications mean little on the internet. If canadians googling "Telus mobility" start finding KSP before Telus.com (not an impossibility given KSPs popularity) Squad will be asked to change the name. Try selling guns, or bananas, under a "coke" trademark and you'll have lawyers on you in minutes regardless of the fact that Coke sells neither.

(3) What the product "sounds like" is the essence of trademark. Trademarks are marks, not products. They are words, symbols and sounds. See Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.

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