No note is going to prevent the dilution of the mark. Most people won't read the note, or care, and the impact of the mark on bookshelves and elsewhere will be unchanged. Problem is the mark isn't incidental, it's the exact same with different words.
Yes it's copyright infringement. No it doesn't dilute their mark. You think because they've used the same flourishes as JD use that people are going to think this is a bottle of bourbon and not a book? Or that that will have any effect of peoples perception of JD as a drink?
The lack of the brand name and the product name are rather key to the mark as a whole wouldn't you say?
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No note is going to prevent the dilution of the mark. Most people won't read the note, or care, and the impact of the mark on bookshelves and elsewhere will be unchanged. Problem is the mark isn't incidental, it's the exact same with different words.
Yes it's copyright infringement. No it doesn't dilute their mark. You think because they've used the same flourishes as JD use that people are going to think this is a bottle of bourbon and not a book? Or that that will have any effect of peoples perception of JD as a drink?
The lack of the brand name and the product name are rather key to the mark as a whole wouldn't you say?