Wal-Mart: Rolling Back Your Public Domain
¶ by Rob FrieselVia /.: Wal-Mart Trying to Trademark the Smiley Face: Until now the smiley face had been considered in the public domain in the US, and therefore free for anyone to use. Wal-Mart spokesman John Smiley told the Los Angeles Times that it had not moved to register the trademark until Mr Loufrani had threatened to […]