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Patchou by Remko on 12-14-2004 at 11:16 PM
Is the name Patchou copyrighted?
If so, where can i see that, if not are users to allowed to have a URL like Patchou.cc or Patchou.be or whatever.
I hope i will hear soon,
Greetings
Remko.
RE: Patchou by Wabz on 12-15-2004 at 12:10 AM
I don't think Patchou is copyrighted. But I'd assume that if you did purchase a domain with his Web Alias, and used it for Slanderous purpose you'd be contacted by Patchous solicitors.
Why would you want a Patchou domain name anyways?
RE: Patchou by Fraisie on 12-15-2004 at 12:49 AM
Patchou is copyrighted.
RE: Patchou by Guido on 12-15-2004 at 01:09 AM
Since it's his creation, Patchou "automatically owns" the copyrights to the name "Patchou"; so you can't copy it (use it to your benefit) without express authorization.
(That's theoretical, however. If you register a trademark in your country named Patchou it's very likely that, until you are sued by Patchou and he demonstrates that he's been using that name for long with these and those purposes, you'll be able to use the name without any significant problem -- that doesn't make it right, of course).
RE: Patchou by k776 on 12-15-2004 at 04:08 AM
ROFL, I thought that was him name 
what is his real name??
RE: Patchou by WDZ on 12-15-2004 at 04:14 AM
quote:Cyril
Originally posted by k776
what is his real name??
Anyways, is "our" Patchou really the one and only Patchou? I seem to remember some other people using the same nickname... of course now a Google search for it is useless because of the popularity of MsgPlus...
RE: Patchou by Guido on 12-15-2004 at 05:48 AM
quote:Actually, not completely useless:
Originally posted by WDZ
Anyways, is "our" Patchou really the one and only Patchou? I seem to remember some other people using the same nickname... of course now a Google search for it is useless because of the popularity of MsgPlus...
http://www.google.com.ar/search?hl=en&q=patchou+-...2business%22+-gfdd
But you won't get anything very interesting, except for a perfume and a dodgy St. Patrick's day page.
RE: Patchou by ddunk on 12-15-2004 at 05:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Google
Patchou year
Patchou year year olds nude nude year old year old lesbians call girls sexy year
old girls. The Patchou year Page! ... The Patchou year Page FAQ: ...
18-year-olds-having-sex.<removed>/patchou_year/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages
Yeah, yeah, I know they can still go look up that site from that, but technically, I never posted porn
And a link to "Patchou's IRC Log Viewer"
RE: Patchou by Patchou on 12-15-2004 at 06:11 AM
"Patchou" is trademarked in the United States and registered as a company name in Canada, so no, you can't use it anymore without paying me a billion dollars! mouhahahaha.
RE: Patchou by _Humphreys on 12-15-2004 at 08:25 AM
lol no offence Patchou but the name 'Patchou' suits you better than Cyril.
RE: Patchou by kangie on 12-15-2004 at 10:48 AM
* kangie stares at Patchou
no offence.... but copywriting a name you chose to use online?!
RE: Patchou by Guido on 12-15-2004 at 11:29 AM
quote:
Originally posted by kangie
no offence.... but copywriting a name you chose to use online?!
Well, when you use it online for your one and only product, the one that pays your food, it makes sense.RE: Patchou by Millenium_edition on 12-15-2004 at 11:33 AM
quote:it's the company name, ain't it
Originally posted by Guido
quote:
Originally posted by kangie
no offence.... but copywriting a name you chose to use online?!
?
RE: Patchou by Remko on 12-15-2004 at 11:50 AM
thanks for answering and NO i won't take Patchou as name lol
RE: Patchou by Guido on 12-15-2004 at 11:51 AM
quote:Yep
Originally posted by Millenium_edition
quote:it's the company name, ain't it
Originally posted by Guido
quote:
Originally posted by kangie
no offence.... but copywriting a name you chose to use online?!
RE: Patchou by Patchou on 12-15-2004 at 06:47 PM
I would never have copyrighted it under normal circumstances, however, the success of Plus! required me to take some preventive measures (you can't imagine some of the emails I received so far). And in fact, I learnt something interesting when I applied for the US Trademark: you are allowed to trademark a nickname if you've used it for more than 3 years and you're sufficiently sure that the name is quite unique .