Re: [Gimp-developer] Toy License - Wilber

[Monty Montgomery <xiphmont gmail com>]

> That isn't how trademarks work.  They are different legally from
> copyrights.  Any nontrivial work that a person creates is
> automatically copyrighted, but a trademark does not exist unless it
> has been explicitly granted.

No, common marks can be asserted without registration.  That's the
difference between (TM) and (R).

Monty