Hello,
Is anyone here familiar with the copyright and possibly the trademark status of Gregg shorthand? I know that McGraw Hill used to have a whole Gregg division to manage all Gregg-related manuals. How free are we today to:
– publicly talk about the Gregg method and describe its rules and principles at length (disclosure of information supposedly only available to you if you buy the books?), usually by paraphrasing the contents of the manuals,
– use Gregg outlines or their likeness to produce our own shorthand-written material?
For example, the angelfishy site (which I love): couldn’t McGraw Hill come and say hey, we never allowed you to use the name Gregg because its a proprietary name with a trademark on it (no idea if it’s the case or not! does anyone know?), and stop describing the method because you are plagiarizing our books that are still protected by valid copyrights, and in fact, stop using Gregg outlines on a public website because the system was intended for private use within companies only.
Anyone have a clear idea of where we stand on this matter?
Thanks!