It would be my guess that it is precisely because of this kind of trademark
confusion that percipitated 3Com's letter. Since 3Com can't show favoritism
in protecting its intellectual property, it had to inform everyone.
Having said that, I'd be surprised to see 3Com go after its supporters
first. I would bet that next year your search on "Palm" on CEMonster will
show even less hits!
Terry Carnes / REEDFAX / Horsham, PA
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Zerucha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 11:32 AM
>To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: TradeMarks and TradeDress - how serious is Palm?
>
>
>While surfing I found out about a program named that had "Palm" as the
>beginning of its name, e.g. something like PalmFrozz (Frozz is not the
>actual name, but replaces the functional name).
>
>Two interesting things - they are using a trademark symbol on
>PalmFrozz so
>I assume they are in the process of registering it, and it
>only works on
>Windows CE devices - so their web site has things like
>"PalmFrozz for the
>Palm-sized PC", and "Links to the 10 best Windows CE sites" - The
>PalmComputing(tm) Platform isn't visible anywhere on that site.
>
>Just to see, I went to CEMonster and searched on "Palm"... At least 6
>apps are using this type of naming convention.
>
>I don't know how many WinCE apps are out there that use
>"Palm", but a few
>weeks ago I got a letter stating that Palm will be cracking
>down on Palm
>Developers using Palm since it is 3Com's trademark,
>tradedress, etc. and
>that even saying something like "put a frozz in your palm" would be a
>no-no.
>
>I am only bothered since registered developers are an easy
>target - Palm
>already has a list, so can notify every one of us that they
>are cracking
>down and already have information on our app names. So I am
>bothered that
>many WinCE applications named Palm-something are out there which do not
>even run on a PalmComputing platform.
>
>Will 3Com go after their supporters or competitors first?
>
>
>
