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Old 08-04-2009, 04:31 AM   #11
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I can see that this applies to re-use of the trademark in a new work. I can't see that it would apply to republishing, without amendment, an out-of-copyright work containing or titled with the trademark.

I wonder if there's any case law on this?

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Ahhh, not quite true, depends on what you intend to do. Some public domain novels still are protected by trademark, which means the commercial use still needs a licence from the holder of rights.

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