I wasn't speaking of the World Wrestling Federation :) but re: Rockbox. As I understand the same names can be used if not to indicate the same thing, at least in the US. Dumb example: Foo Meat Packing, Inc. and Foo Manufacturing, Inc. aren't nescessarily in conflict.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Tinney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Rockbox development'" <rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:24 PM Subject: RE: Tetrox renamed to Rockblox, for trademark reasons > Michael Sevakis said: > >>About a couple weeks ago after Rockbox appeared in one the online mags > >>(pc-mag?) I suspected that this would start happening if rb "mattered too > >>much". Now it's for real! > > >>Has this sort of thing occurred before? > > See WWF (renaming of, copyright infringement)... > > Looks like the only outfit with any prior claim would be "The Rock Box", a > British chain of music stores (since 1987). They've had an online presence > as "rockbox.co.uk" for as long as I've known... > > --technogeek > >
