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Talk to a lawyer. Although there are probably some lawyers on HN, I'm not one of them, and it would be difficult if not impossible to verify the credentials of
by Millennium 10y ago
Talk to a lawyer. Although there are probably some lawyers on HN, I'm not one of them, and it would be difficult if not impossible to verify the credentials of anybody who claimed to be one.
The US government generally does not claim copyright on its works. However, the Trump name is more likely to be tied up in trademark law than copyright law, and this muddies the waters considerably. It works to your advantage in some ways, but against you in others. Be careful.
- Millennium 10y agoOops. As I was writing this, the original post still talked about copyrigt rather than trademark. It has since been edited. Sorry about that.
- datashovel 10y agoNo problem. My mistake. I would definitely not accept the info as legal advice. But as with most things discussed on this forum people like to point others to what may be useful in their research? I, as probably most others on this forum, would not put our future livelihoods in the hands of anonymous comments. That said, I think an open forum conversation brings a lot of perspectives (useful and not) to the table that can help in one way or another. After all, this is the future POTUS we're talking about.