You are guilty. You claim "Business meetings do not have to be held in French in France", yet provide no citation that supports you. That made me skeptical, so I dug further.
"The French government does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals but the use of French is required by law in commercial and workplace communications."
It appears your own ignorance has made you post facts that lack accuracy.
We all know what it means, and that's the only solution necessary. Don't buy a Rolex off of eBay. If you do, then "caveat emptor".
Think about it for a moment, before posting stupid French jokes.
No French jokes, stupid or otherwise, but I will say this. France is derided as being overly protectionist, and it's hard not to think this is more proof of the same. I'm sure that, given time and resources, we could find a silver lining in any cloud, but that doesn't make bad policy good policy.
If these companies don't take action regarding this they will be allowing their trademarks to be diluted, making them more and more difficult to defend.
I don't think that's accurate. I beleive, that even if the articles in question are fake, if they are represented as real, that is sufficient for trademark protection. In other words, the company is under the impression that this is a resale of legitimate goods, and so does not seek to protect their trademark. If the goods were obviously fake, and obviously not from the stated manufacturer, that would be different (I think)
Any defendant in court for trademark infringement can bring up the fact that the plaintiff is allowing eBay to sell thousands of cheap imitations. And they would win the case based on that, probably.
Again, I think you'd have to demonstrate that the company was aware that these were knockoffs and not just resales. Without that, they simply say "we thought they were reselling our stuff" and win your case without a fight.
While I am not certain of the law (especially internationally), if you purchase counterfeit goods without knowing they're counterfeit, you have committed no crime and thus acquired them legally. Of course, once they're recognized as counterfeit, the police are within their obligation to seize them. I don't think the person who purchased the goods, barring some complicity, would be in any trouble.
First let me say I'm always excited to see progress in the effort to more easily put humans in space. With that being said, am I the only one who sees a bit of a correlation between early exploration of the earth and the current climate regarding space exploration?
It's currently so expensive to get into space (real space guys, not sub-orbital space) that it's almost exclusively a government endeavor. I know we're striving to change that, but that seems to be the case as of the present.
Which then brings up the thought, are we really over our colonial ambitions, and all the behaviors that go along with them? And will the colonization of space simply be a rehashing of the unpleasantness that has passed before, or will we be able to rise above petty human weakness?
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You are guilty. You claim "Business meetings do not have to be held in French in France", yet provide no citation that supports you. That made me skeptical, so I dug further.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_France
"The French government does not regulate the choice of language in publications by individuals but the use of French is required by law in commercial and workplace communications."
It appears your own ignorance has made you post facts that lack accuracy.
You are aware of the difference between a law that actually exists and "something people want"?
Because your knee-jerk defense of a silly French policy by way of a partisan attack makes it seem like you do not know the difference.
We all know what it means, and that's the only solution necessary. Don't buy a Rolex off of eBay. If you do, then "caveat emptor".
No French jokes, stupid or otherwise, but I will say this. France is derided as being overly protectionist, and it's hard not to think this is more proof of the same. I'm sure that, given time and resources, we could find a silver lining in any cloud, but that doesn't make bad policy good policy.
I don't think that's accurate. I beleive, that even if the articles in question are fake, if they are represented as real, that is sufficient for trademark protection. In other words, the company is under the impression that this is a resale of legitimate goods, and so does not seek to protect their trademark. If the goods were obviously fake, and obviously not from the stated manufacturer, that would be different (I think)
Again, I think you'd have to demonstrate that the company was aware that these were knockoffs and not just resales. Without that, they simply say "we thought they were reselling our stuff" and win your case without a fight.
Uh, I think. Maybe...
While I am not certain of the law (especially internationally), if you purchase counterfeit goods without knowing they're counterfeit, you have committed no crime and thus acquired them legally. Of course, once they're recognized as counterfeit, the police are within their obligation to seize them. I don't think the person who purchased the goods, barring some complicity, would be in any trouble.
Slashlawyers?
First let me say I'm always excited to see progress in the effort to more easily put humans in space. With that being said, am I the only one who sees a bit of a correlation between early exploration of the earth and the current climate regarding space exploration?
It's currently so expensive to get into space (real space guys, not sub-orbital space) that it's almost exclusively a government endeavor. I know we're striving to change that, but that seems to be the case as of the present.
Which then brings up the thought, are we really over our colonial ambitions, and all the behaviors that go along with them? And will the colonization of space simply be a rehashing of the unpleasantness that has passed before, or will we be able to rise above petty human weakness?
Sadly, I can't say I'm optimistic.