On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 05:00:14PM -0500, brian d foy wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam > Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > But in all practicality, unless you are making money or harming them, > > you aren't a target. Just don't bring their attention to it. > > That's not really true. In the US, trademark holders are required to > defend their marks or risk diluting them. It doesn't have anything to > do with money or demonstrable damages. The country of registration > often doesn't matter because of international agreements to respect > these things. > > Having said that, just leave it alone. :)
I see no problem with trademarks in module / distribution names so long as you clearly acknowledge the trademark in the docs (e.g., at least README & Foo.pm) Tim.