On Monday 11 November 2002 22:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > However under trademark law there is the concept of common law > trademark where you don't explicitly trademark anything (something I > learned from my lawyer family in the last 15 minutes.)
Really...? Yeah, I thought I had heard something to that effect too, at least under Norwegian law, but I remember saying something like that on Slashdot, and somebody there argued well that it was wrong, so I thought I was wrong about that. But I think it makes sense that you don't have to register a word to have some option to stop people blatantly ripping you off. >This is under trademark infringement. Personally I'd do something, if > nothing else to write a cease and desist/angry email. Yeah, or just drop them a note saying "eh, folks, you _have_ seen the Cocoon-project right? We hope you guys can change your name, to avoid possible confusion". After all, that's how I would have been liked to be contacted if I had made an honest mistake, that happens too. Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
