C.Oppenheim wrote:
> I strongly suspect CILIP is a registered trade mark, so they can say
> who can or cannot use it. Even if it not a RTM, there is the common
> law action of "passing off" which makes it an offence to pass off
> your goods or services as someone else's. Such an action could
> succeed as it is likely that many people would assume that if CILIP
> is in the name, the list is endorsed or run by CILIP.
As the subject of the list is "Chartered Library and Information
Professionals", perhaps the name should be changed to "LIS-CLIP".
(Incidentally, a previous exchange elicited the information that the Royal
Charter does not, in fact, confer the style "Chartered Library and
Information Professional" - it only says "Chartered Member".)
John Briggs
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