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- From: Danette & Murray Root <mroot@atl.mindspring.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu
- Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada)
- Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 23:22:58 -0400
- Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc.
- Message-ID: <316B2992.556E@atl.mindspring.com>
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- Dan Pop wrote:
- > ----[snip]----
- >
- > A couple of questions:
- >
- > 1. What if I start a company named "Foobar" manufacturing a computer
- > named "Apple"? Am I going to have troubles or not?
-
- Yes. Apple HAS trademarked 'Apple' as a computer name brand. They could (and probably
- would) sue your pants off.
-
-
- > 2. What if I start a company named "Wednesday Computer" manufacturing
- > a computer named "Wednesday"? Am I going to be protected by the
- > US trademark law or not?
-
- You would be safe IF and ONLY IF no person, corporation, or company has trademarked
- 'Wednesday' as a brand name for a computer company or computing equipment. It's
- trademark for a movie character, action figure, toy, etc. would NOT apply. And a
- trademark is only valid if it is USED (reserving a trademark has a very short legal
- duration) in the context under question.
-
- [Note: I am not a lawyer. This information does NOT constitute legal advice. For legal
- advice consult a shyster - ahem - lawyer.]
-